And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

And with you they shall be a man, a man according to the tribe; a man he the head according to the house of their fathers.

These are those who were called of the congregation, the leaders of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel.

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

As the Lord had given orders to Moses, so they were numbered by him in the waste place of Sinai.

And they were as followeth - The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, in their pedigrees - by their families, by their ancestral houses, in the counting of names, by their polls, every male, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war;

For the sons of Simeon, their generations according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, they being reviewed according to the number of names, according to their heads, every male from the son of twenty years and above, all going forth to war.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Simeon, nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

Among the children of Gad, their generation in their kindreds and households of their fathers - when they were told by name, from twenty years and above, all that were mete for the war -

They being reviewed for the tribe of Gad, five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Judah, four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Issachar, four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Zebulon, seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Ephraim, forty thousand and five hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Manasseh, two and thirty thousand and two hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Benjamin, five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Dan, two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

Among the children of Asher, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when they were summed by name, from twenty years and above, all that were apt to war -

They being reviewed for the tribe of Asher, one and forty thousand and five hundred.

They being reviewed for the tribe of Naphtali, three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the leaders of Israel, being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers' house.

So then all they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses, from twenty years old and upwards, every one able to go forth to war in Israel;

Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

And when the tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die.

And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - seventy-four thousand and six hundred,

Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Issachar, - even the prince of the sons of Issachar, Nethanel, son of Zuar;

and his host even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

and his host, even they who are numbered of him, fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.

and his host, even they who are numbered of him, - forty-six thousand, and five hundred.

Then they who encamp by him, the tribe of Simeon, - even the prince of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty-five thousand, and six hundred and fifty.

All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.

Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty thousand, and five hundred.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - sixty-two thou-sand and seven hundred.

Then they who encamp by him the tribe of Asher, - even the prince of the sons of Asher, Pagiel, son of Ochran;

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - forty-one thousand and five hundred.

and his host, even they who are numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred,

All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.

These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their ancestral houses, - all they who were numbered of the camps by their hosts were six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the 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: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.

And the sons of Merari by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are they - the families of the Levites by their ancestral houses.

To, Gershon, belonged the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites, - these, are they - the families of the Gershonites.

They who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old, and upwards, - they who were num-bered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred.

And to Kohath, belonged the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites, - these, are they - the families of the Kohathites.

all the males a month old and above numbered 8,600. They were tasked to the care of the sanctuary.

And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

To Merari, belonged the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites, - these, are they - the families of Merari.

And they who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, were six thousand, and two hundred.

The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,

Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east--before the tent of assembly to the east--[were] Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary {for the Israelites}; and the stranger who approaches will be put to death.

All they who were numbered of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the bidding of Yahweh by their families, - every male, from one month old and upwards, were two-and-twenty thousand.

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

They will put on it a covering of {fine leather}, and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles.

And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:

And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:

And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.

And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

And all the work of the descendants of the Gershonites will be at {the command} of Aaron and his sons, for all they [are to] carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they [are to] carry.

This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

and the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their vessels and for all their work. You will appoint by name the vessels that they [are] responsible to carry.

They numbered them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone that entered into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

and they who were numbered of them, by their families, were found to be two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

And they who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, - by their families, and by their ancestral house;

yea they who were numbered of them, by heir families, by their ancestral house, - were found to be - two thousand, and six hundred, and thirty.

These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

And they who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families by their ancestral house;

yea they who were numbered of them, by their families, were found to be - three thousand and two hundred.

These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

All they who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel did number, even the Levites, by their families and by their ancestral house;

yea, they who were numbered of them were found to be - eight thousand, and five hundred, and eighty.