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Aaron Receives a Levite for Tabernacle Service
by emmanuel_higgins
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Numbers 3:5
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1
These also
are
the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day
that
the
L
ORD
spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2
And these
are
the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3
These
are
the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
4
And Nadab and Abihu died before the
L
ORD
, when they offered strange fire before the
L
ORD
, 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.
And the
L
ORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
6
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7
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.
8
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.
9
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they
are
wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10
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.
11
And the
L
ORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
12
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13
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
L
ORD
.
14
And the
L
ORD
spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the
L
ORD
, as he was commanded.
17
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18
And these
are
the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These
are
the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21
Of Gershon
was
the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these
are
the families of the Gershonites.
22
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
even
those that were numbered of them
were
seven thousand and five hundred.
23
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites
shall be
Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation
shall be
the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which
is
by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27
And of Kohath
was
the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these
are
the families of the Kohathites.
28
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
were
eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites
shall be
Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31
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.
32
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
shall be
chief over the chief of the Levites,
and have
the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33
Of Merari
was
the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these
are
the families of Merari.
34
And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward,
were
six thousand and two hundred.
35
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari
was
Zuriel the son of Abihail:
these
shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36
And
under
the custody and charge of the sons of Merari
shall be
the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
37
And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38
But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east,
even
before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward,
shall be
Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39
All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the
L
ORD
, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward,
were
twenty and two thousand.
40
And the
L
ORD
said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41
And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I
am
the
L
ORD
) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42
And Moses numbered, as the
L
ORD
commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44
And the
L
ORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
45
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I
am
the
L
ORD
.
46
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
47
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take
them:
(the shekel
is
twenty gerahs:)
48
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50
Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five
shekels
, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the
L
ORD
, as the
L
ORD
commanded Moses.
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