Numbers 3
3:1And these are the origins of Aaron and Moses in which day the lord spoke to Moses on mount Sinai.
3:2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron -- first-born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, the ones being anointed whom were perfected of their hands to officiate as priest.
3:4And Nadab and Abihu came to an end before the lord, of their offering alien fire before the lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and there were no children to them. And Eleazar and Ithamar officiated as priest with Aaron their father.
3:5And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
3:6Take the tribe of Levi! And you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall officiate to him,
3:7and they shall guard his watches, and the watches of the sons of Israel before the tent of the testimony, to work the works of the tent.
3:8And they shall guard all the items of the tent of the testimony, and the watches of the sons of Israel, according to all the works of the tent.
3:9And you shall give the Levites to Aaron your brother, and to his sons to the priests for a gift being given; these to me are from the sons of Israel.
3:10And Aaron and his sons you shall place over the tent of the testimony, and they shall guard their priesthood. And the foreigner touching shall die.
3:11And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
3:12And behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel, in place of every first-born male opening wide the womb of the sons of Israel; they shall be their ransoms, and the Levites will be mine.
3:13For every first-born is mine. In which day I struck all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel; from man unto beast they shall be mine. I am the lord.
3:14And the lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
3:15Number the sons of Levi according to the houses of their patrimony, according to their kin! Every male from a month and up you number them!
3:16And Moses and Aaron numbered them because of the voice of the lord in which manner the lord gave orders to them.
3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names -- Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their peoples -- Libni and Shimei.
3:19And the sons of Kohath according to their peoples -- Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
3:20And the sons of Merari according to their peoples -- Mahli, and Mushi. These are the peoples of the Levites according to the houses of their patrimony.
3:21To Gershon was the people of Libni, and the people of Shemei; these are the peoples of Gershon --
3:22their numbering according to the number of every male from a month and up in their numbering -- seven thousand and five hundred.
3:23And the sons of Gershon shall camp behind the tent towards the west.
3:24And the ruler of the household of the family of the people of Gershon was Elisaph son of Lael.
3:25And the watch of the sons of Gershon was in the tent of the testimony -- the tent, and the covering, and the overcovering of the door of the tent of the testimony,
3:26and the shrouds of the courtyard, and the veil of the gate of the courtyard, of the one being at the tent, and the remainder of all its works.
3:27To Kohath was one division of people for Amram, and one division of people for Izehar, and one division of people for Hebron, and one division of people for Uzziel. These are the peoples of Kohath according to number.
3:28Every male from a month and up -- eight thousand and six hundred, guarding the watches of the holy place.
3:29The peoples of the sons of Kohath shall camp by the side of the tent towards the south.
3:30And the ruler of the house of the patrimony of the peoples of Kohath was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
3:31And their watch is the ark, and the table, and the lamp-stand, and the altars, and the items of the holy place, as many as they officiate with them, and the overcovering, and all their works.
3:32And the ruler, the one over the rulers of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest being placed, to guard the watches of the holy places.
3:33To Merari was the people Mahli, and the people Mushi. These are the peoples of Merari.
3:34Their numbering according to the number of every male, from a month and up -- six thousand and two hundred.
3:35And the ruler of the house of the patrimony of the people of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. By the side of the tent they shall camp towards the north.
3:36The numbering of the watch of the sons of Merari is the tips of the tent, and their bars, and their posts, and their bases, and all their items, and their works,
3:37and the posts of the courtyard round about, and their bases, and their stanchions, and their ropes.
3:38The ones camping according to the front of the tent of the testimony, from the east was Moses and Aaron and his sons, guarding the watches of the holy place, for the watches of the sons of Israel; and the foreigner approaching shall die.
3:39All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered through the voice of the lord, according to their peoples, every male from a month and up -- two and twenty thousand.
3:40And the lord said to Moses, saying, Number every first-born male of the sons of Israel, from a month and up, and take their number by name!
3:41And you shall take the Levites for me, I am the lord, in place of all the first-born of the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the first-born among the cattle of the sons of Israel.
3:42And Moses numbered in which manner the lord gave charge to him -- every first-born among the sons of Israel.
3:43And were all the first-born males, by number, and by name, from a month and up, from their numbering -- two and twenty thousand and three and seventy and two hundred.
3:44And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
3:45Take the Levites in place of all the first-born sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle! And the Levites will be mine. I am the lord.
3:46And for the ransoms of three and seventy and two hundred -- the ones abounding over the Levites, from the first-born of the sons of Israel,
3:47you shall take five shekels per head; according to the double-drachma of the holy place you shall take them; twenty oboli was the shekel.
3:48And you shall give the money to Aaron and his sons, the ransoms of the ones abounding to them.
3:49And Moses took the money, the ransoms for the ones abounding for the ransoming of the Levites.
3:50From the first-born of the sons of Israel he took the money -- a thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the holy place.
3:51And Moses gave the money, the ransoms for the ones abounding, to Aaron and to his sons, by the voice of the lord, in which manner the lord gave charge to Moses.