Then he and his children are to be released from you, and he may return to his clan and his ancestral property.

For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves.

You are not to rule over them harshly but fear your God.

"'As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have; of the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves.

Moreover of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property.

" 'And if [the] alien or [the] temporary resident [who are] with you {prosper}, but your countryman [who is] with him becomes poor and he is sold to an alien, a temporary resident [who is] with you, or to a descendant of an alien's clan,

If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.

And if [there are] a few years left until the Year of Jubilee, then he shall calculate for himself; he shall restore his redemption {according to the number of his years}.

If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.

For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

"You are not to make worthless idols, images, or pillars for yourselves, nor set up for yourselves carved images to bow down to them in the land, because I am the LORD your God.

"You are to keep my Sabbath and fear my sanctuary. I am the LORD.

If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,

Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land.

And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.

Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.

and I have walked habitually in your midst, and have become your God, and ye -- ye are become My people;

And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

" 'And if you go against me [in] hostility and you are not willing to listen to me, then I will add a plague onto you seven times according to your sins.

I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me,

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall bring the vengeance of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

'In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.

And I myself will lay waste the land, and your enemies who are living in it shall be appalled over it.

And you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste.

Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths.

"'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.

Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

I also will walk contrary to them and will bring them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they then pay for their iniquity,

Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God;

These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.

Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man maketh a wonderful vow, by thy valuation the persons are Jehovah's.

But if they are from a month even up to five years old, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver for the male, and for the female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver.

If they are from sixty years old and upward, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.

And if it is any unclean beast, of which offerings are not made to the Lord, then let him take the beast before the priest;

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be.

But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall calculate the money for him {according to the number of years} that are left over until the Year of Jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your proper value.

"'But the firstborn of the beasts that pertain unto the LORD, may no man sanctify: whether it be ox or sheep, for they are the LORD's already.

But, if it be among the beasts that are unclean, then shall he ransom it by thine estimate, and add the fifth part of it thereunto, - but, if it is not redeemed, then shall it be sold by thine estimate.

Notwithstanding, no dedicated thing that a man dedicateth unto the LORD, of all his goods - whether it be man or beast or land of his inheritance - shall be sold or redeemed: for all dedicated things are most holy unto the LORD.

"Any tithes of the land from grain grown on the land or from fruit grown on the trees belong to the LORD. They are sacred to the LORD.

All the tithes from cattle and flocks that pass under the measuring rod are sacred to the LORD.

These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

"Take ye the sum of all the multitude of the children of Israel, in their kindreds and households of their fathers and number them by name all that are males, poll by poll,

From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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 Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Reuben, are six and forty thousand and five hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Simeon, are nine and fifty thousand and three hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Gad, are five and forty thousand and six hundred and fifty.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Judah, are four and seventy thousand and six hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Issachar, are four and fifty thousand and four hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Zebulun, are seven and fifty thousand and four hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Ephraim, are forty thousand and five hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Manasseh, are two and thirty thousand and two hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Benjamin, are five and thirty thousand and four hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Dan, are two and sixty thousand and seven hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Asher, are one and forty thousand and five hundred.

their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, are three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

And they are, all those numbered of the sons of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from a son of twenty years and upward, every one going out to the host in Israel,

yea, all those numbered are six hundred thousand, and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorized person who comes near it must be put to death.

“The Israelites are to camp by their military divisions, each man with his encampment and under his banner.

The Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the Israelite community.”

“The Israelites are to camp under their respective banners beside the flags of their ancestral houses. They are to camp around the tent of meeting at a distance from it:

And those encamping eastward towards the sun-rising, are of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their hosts; and the prince of the sons of Judah is Nahshon, son of Amminadab;

and his division and {the ones counted} [are] seventy-four thousand six hundred.

And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Issachar; and the prince of the sons of Issachar is Nethaneel son of Zuar;

and his division [are] fifty-four thousand four hundred.

and his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

All those counted from the camp of Judah [are] one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] forty-six thousand five hundred.

And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Simeon; and the prince of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

All {those counted} from the camp of Reuben [are] one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They will set out second according to their divisions.

The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place, with their banners.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] forty thousand five hundred.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] thirty-two thousand two hundred.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] thirty-five thousand four hundred.

All {those counted} from the camp of Ephraim [are] one hundred and eighty thousand one hundred. They will set out third according to their divisions.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

And those encamping by him are of the tribe of Asher; and the prince of the sons of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran;

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] forty-one thousand five hundred.

And his division and the {ones counted} [are] fifty-three thousand four hundred.

All the {ones counted} from the camp of Dan [are] one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They will set out {last} according to their divisions."

These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

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

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to 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.

You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary must 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.

“Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”

These are Levi's descendants by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.