1And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, on the day that the Lord spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.

2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar.

3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, who were consecrated to minister as priests.

4And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered a strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Elazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the life-time of Aaron their father.

5And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present the same before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8And they shall keep all the vessels of the tent of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: as associates are they given unto him out of the children of Israel.

10And Aaron and his sons shalt thou instruct, that they shall guard well their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

11And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.

13Because mine is every first-born; on the day when I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me every first-born in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be; I am the Lord.

14And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15Number the children of Levi after their divisions, by their families; every male of them from a month old and upward shalt thou number.

16And Moses numbered them according to the order of the Lord, as he had been commanded.

17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari.

18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon after their families: Libni, and Shimi.

19And the sons of Kehath after their families: 'Amram, and Yizhar, Chebron, and 'Uzziel.

20And the sons of Merari after their families: Machli, and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their family divisions.

21Of Gershon: the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershunites.

22Those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred.

23The families of the Gershunites used to encamp behind the tabernacle, westward.

24And the prince of the family division of the Gershunites was Elyassaph the son of Lael.

25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

26And 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 its cords for all the service thereof.

27And of Kehath: the family of the 'Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the 'Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites.

28By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

29The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward.

30And the prince of the division of the families of the Kehathites was Elizaphan the son of 'Uzziel.

31And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary which are used for the service, and the vail, and all belonging thereto.

32And the chief over the princes of the Levites was Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, having the oversight of those that kept the charge of the sanctuary.

33Of Merari: the family of the Machlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.

34And those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

35And the chief of the division of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abichayil: they used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, northward.

36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari were the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all that belongeth thereto,

37And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

38But those that encamped before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation toward the rising of the sun, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that came nigh was to be put to death.

39All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

40And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

41And thou shalt take the Levites for me, I am the Lord, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42And Moses numbered, as the Lord had commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel.

43And all the first-born males, by the numbering of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three.

44And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

45Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.

46And [for] those that are to be redeemed, the two hundred and seventy and three of the first-born of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites,

47Thou shalt take five shekels apiece for the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty gerahs to the shekel;

48And thou shalt give unto Aaron and to his sons the money, [for] those who are to be redeemed of those that are over the number of them.

49And Moses took the redemption-money of those that were over in number above those who were redeemed by the Levites:

50Of the first-born of the children of Israel did he take the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

51And Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed unto Aaron and unto his sons, by the order of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.