"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;

"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

"Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."

These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Yahweh;

Tell them, 'As I live, says Yahweh, surely as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:

and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow: and it shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!"

Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi!

and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? and do you seek the priesthood also?

You shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

It happened on the next day, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.

Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.

"To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting.

Yahweh said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live."

The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?" He said, "No."

He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?

These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.

The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

"'Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.