Numbers 3

1 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.

And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.

2 And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.

3 These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood.

These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.

4 Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.

And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Take the tribe of Levi, and you shall set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,

7 And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.

8 And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.

And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.

9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.

10 To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to minister, shall be put to death.

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

12 I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.

Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from amongst the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.

13 For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the Lord.

For every firstborn [is] mine; in the day in which I struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every firstborn in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I [am] the Lord.

14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,

15 Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward.

Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number you them every male from a month old and upwards.

16 Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.

And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.

17 And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath and Merari.

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

18 The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:

19 The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel:

and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:

20 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.

and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.

21 Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites:

To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.

22 Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred.

The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering [was] seven thousand and five hundred.

23 These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,

And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.

24 Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.

And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael.

25 And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant:

And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,

26 The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof, the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the curtains of the court: the hanging also that is hanged in the entry of the court of the tabernacle, and whatsoever belongeth to the rite of the altar, the cords of the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof.

and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

27 Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names:

To Caath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number.

28 All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,

Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

29 And shall camp on the south side.

The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle towards the south.

30 And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:

And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel.

31 And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.

And their charge [was] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

32 And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary.

And the chief over the chief of the Levites, [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

33 And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by their names:

To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.

34 All of the male kind from one month and upward, six thousand two hundred.

The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.

35 Their prince Suriel the son of Abihaiel: they shall camp on the north side.

And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

36 Under their custody shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the pillars and their sockets, and all things that pertain to this kind of service:

The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,

37 And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets, and the pins with their cords.

and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.

38 Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side, shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death.

They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east [shall be] Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

39 All the Levites, that Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, [were] two and twenty thousand.

40 And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every firstborn male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

41 And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:

And you shall take the Levites for me—I [am] the Lord—instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn amongst the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:

And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every firstborn amongst the children of Israel.

43 And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

And all the male firstborn in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.

44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

45 Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I [am] the Lord.

46 But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites,

And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the firstborn of the sons of Israel;

47 Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.

you shall even take five shekels a head; you shall take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.

48 And then shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above.

And you shall give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number amongst them.

49 Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,

And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.

50 For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary,

He took the silver from the firstborn of the sons of Israel, a thousand and three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.

51 And gave it to Aaron and his sons, according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.

And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.