Numbers 3:1-4:49

MSTC^{(i) 1} These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, when the LORD spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, ² and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron which were priests anointed and their hands filled to minister, ⁴ but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron their father. ⁵ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁶ "Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve him and wait upon him - ⁷ and upon all the multitude — before the tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation. ⁸ And they shall wait upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon the children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation. ⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto him of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it." ¹¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹² "Behold, I have taken the Levites, from among the children of Israel, for all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: so that the Levites shall be mine. ¹³ Because all the firstborn are mine — for the same 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, and mine they shall be: for I am the LORD." ¹⁴ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, ¹⁵ "Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above." ¹⁶ And Moses numbered them at the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. ¹⁷ And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁸ And these are the names of the children of Gershon in their kindreds: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ²⁰ And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers. ²¹ And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites. ²² And the sum of them — when all the males were told, from a month old and above — were seven thousand and five hundred. ²³ And the kindreds of the Gershonites pitched behind the habitation westward. ²⁴ And the captain of the most ancient house among the Gershonites, was Eliasaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And the office of the children of Gershon, in the tabernacle of witness, was the habitation and the tent with the covering thereof and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness, ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the door of the court: which court went round about the dwelling, and the altar, and the cords that pertained unto all the service thereof. ²⁷ And of Kohath came the kindred of the Amramites and the kindred of the Izharites and of the Hebronites and of the Uzzielites: And these are the kindreds of the Kohathites. ²⁸ And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place. ²⁹ And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling. ³⁰ And the captain in the most ancient house of the kindreds of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel; ³¹ and their office was to keep the ark, the table, the candlestick and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister with, and the veil with all that served thereto. ³² And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things. ³³ And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites. ³⁴ And the number of them — when all the males from a month old and above was told — drew unto six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling. ³⁶ And the office of the sons of Merari was the boards of the dwelling and the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof and all that served thereto: ³⁷ and the pillars of the court round about and their sockets, with their pins and cords. ³⁸ "But on the forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it." ³⁹ And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD — throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above — was twenty two thousand. ⁴⁰ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. ⁴¹ And thou shalt appoint the Levites to me, the LORD, for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel." ⁴² And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn of the children of Israel. ⁴³ And all the firstborn males, in the sum of names, from a month old and above, were numbered twenty two thousand two hundred and seventy three. ⁴⁴ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁵ "Take the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle: and the Levites shall be mine, which am the LORD. ⁴⁶ And for the redeeming of the two hundred and seventy three which are more than the Levites in the firstborn of the children of Israel, ⁴⁷ take five sicles of every piece, after the sicles of the holy place; twenty geras; the sicles. ⁴⁸ And give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and his sons." ⁴⁹ And Moses took the redemption money of the overplus that were more than the Levites, ⁵⁰ among the firstborn of the children of Israel: and it came to a thousand three hundred and sixty five sicles, of the holy sicle. ⁵¹ And he gave that redemption money unto Aaron and his sons at the word of the LORD, even as the LORD commanded Moses. ^{4 1} And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, ² and bade them, "Take the sum of the children of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers — from thirty years and above until fifty, ³ all that were able to war — for to do the work in the tabernacle of witness: ⁴ even in the most holy place. ⁵ And when the host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the veil, and cover the ark of witness therewith, ⁶ and shall put thereon a covering of taxus' skins and shall spread a cloth that is altogether of jacinth, above all, and put the staves thereof in. ⁷ And upon the shew-table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon the dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread shall be thereon: ⁸ and they shall spread upon them a covering of purple, and cover the same with a covering of taxus' skins, and put the staves thereof in. ⁹ And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans, and all her oil vessels which they occupy about it, ¹⁰ and shall put upon her and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus' skins, and put it upon staves. ¹¹ And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put on her staves. ¹² And they shall take all the things which they occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put a cloth of jacinth upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus' skins and put them on staves. ¹³ And they shall take away the ashes out of the altar, and spread a scarlet cloth thereon: ¹⁴ and put about it, the firepans, the fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins, and all that belongeth unto the altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering of taxus' skins, and put on the staves of it. ¹⁵ "And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that the host remove, then the sons of Kohath shall come in for to bear, and so let them not touch the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the charge of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness. ¹⁶ And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meat offering and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth thereto." ¹⁷ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, ¹⁸ "Destroy not the tribe of the kindreds of the Kohathites, from among the Levites. ¹⁹ But thus do unto them that they may live and not die, when they go unto the most holy place. Aaron and his sons shall go in and put them, every man unto his service and unto his burden. ²⁰ But let them not go in to see when they cover the sanctuary, lest they die." ²¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²² "Take the sum of the children of Gershon, in the houses of their fathers and in their kindreds - ²³ from thirty years and above, until fifty, all that are able to go forth in war — for to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ²⁴ And this is the service of the kindred of the Gershonites, to serve and to bear. ²⁵ They shall bear the curtains of the dwelling and the roof of the tabernacle of witness and his covering and the covering of taxus' skins that is on high above upon it, and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness: ²⁶ and the hanging of the court and the hanging of the gate of the court that is round about the dwelling and the altar, and the cords of them, and all the instruments that serve unto them and all that is made for them. ²⁷ And at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the service of the children of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their charges that they shall wait upon. ²⁸ And this is the service of the kindred of the children of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of witness, and their wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ²⁹ "And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers - ³⁰ from thirty years and above unto fifty, all that is able to go forth in war — to do the service of the tabernacle of witness. ³¹ And this is the charge, that they must wait upon in all that they must serve in the tabernacle of witness: The boards of the dwelling, and the bars, pillars, and sockets thereof, ³² and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, pins and cords with all that pertaineth and serveth unto them. And by name ye shall reckon the things that they must wait upon to bear. ³³ This is the service of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all their service in the tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest." ³⁴ And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbered the sons of the Kohathites in their kindreds and houses of their fathers, ³⁵ from thirty years and above unto fifty, and that were able to go forth in the host and to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ³⁶ And the number of them in their kindreds were two thousand, seven hundred and fifty. ³⁷ These are the numbers of the kindreds of the Kohathites, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD of by the hand of Moses. ³⁸ And the sons of Gershon were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, ³⁹ from thirty years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth in the host for to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁰ And the number of them in their kindreds, and in the houses of their fathers, was two thousand, six hundred and thirty. ⁴¹ This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Gershon, of all that did service in the tabernacle of witness, which Moses and Aaron did number at the commandment of the LORD. ⁴² And the kindreds of the sons of Merari were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers, ⁴³ from thirty years up unto fifty, all that were able to go forth with the host to do service in the tabernacle of witness. ⁴⁴ And the number of them was in their kindreds, three thousand and two hundred. ⁴⁵ This is the number of the kindreds of the sons of Merari, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the bidding of the LORD, by the hand of Moses. ⁴⁶ The whole sum which Moses, Aaron, and the lords of Israel numbered among the Levites in their kindreds and households of their fathers - ⁴⁷ from thirty years up unto fifty, every man to do his office and service and to bear his burden in the tabernacle of witness - ⁴⁸ was eight thousand, five hundred and eighty, ⁴⁹ which they numbered at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses; every man unto his service and burden as the LORD commanded Moses.