And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

"Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve him and wait upon him -

and upon all the multitude - before the tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation.

And they shall wait upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon the children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation.

These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, when the LORD spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai,

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto him of the children of Israel.

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

"Behold, I have taken the Levites, from among the children of Israel, for all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: so that the Levites shall be mine.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And Moses numbered them at the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar.

Because all the firstborn are mine - for the same day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shall be: for I am the LORD."

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

"Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above."

And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron which were priests anointed and their hands filled to minister,

And these are the names of the children of Gershon in their kindreds: Libni and Shimei.

And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers.

And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And the captain of the most ancient house among the Gershonites, was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

And of Kohath came the kindred of the Amramites and the kindred of the Izharites and of the Hebronites and of the Uzzielites: And these are the kindreds of the Kohathites.

And the kindreds of the Gershonites pitched behind the habitation westward.

and their office was to keep the ark, the table, the candlestick and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister with, and the veil with all that served thereto.

And the captain in the most ancient house of the kindreds of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel;

And the sum of them - when all the males were told, from a month old and above - were seven thousand and five hundred.

And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling.

And the office of the children of Gershon, in the tabernacle of witness, was the habitation and the tent with the covering thereof and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness,

and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the door of the court: which court went round about the dwelling, and the altar, and the cords that pertained unto all the service thereof.

And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place.

but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron their father.

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things.

And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling.

And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites.

take five sicles of every piece, after the sicles of the holy place; twenty geras; the sicles.

And the office of the sons of Merari was the boards of the dwelling and the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof and all that served thereto:

And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD - throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above - was twenty two thousand.

And the number of them - when all the males from a month old and above was told - drew unto six thousand and two hundred.

And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.

"But on the forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."

And for the redeeming of the two hundred and seventy three which are more than the Levites in the firstborn of the children of Israel,

And thou shalt appoint the Levites to me, the LORD, for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel."

among the firstborn of the children of Israel: and it came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sicles, of the holy sicle.

And Moses took the redemption money of the overplus that were more than the Levites,

"Take the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine, which am the LORD.

And he gave that redemption money unto Aaron and his sons at the word of the LORD, even as the LORD commanded Moses.

And all the firstborn males, in the sum of names, from a month old and above, were numbered twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three.

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

And give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons."

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn of the children of Israel.