ASV_Strong : Numbers 3
1. Now these are the generations[H8435] of Aaron[H175] and Moses[H4872] in the day[H3117] that Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] with Moses[H4872] in mount[H2022] Sinai[H5514].
2. And these are the names[H8034] of the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175]: Nadab[H5070] the first-born[H1060], and Abihu[H30], Eleazar[H499], and Ithamar[H385].
3. These are the names[H8034] of the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], the priests[H3548] that were anointed[H4886], whom he consecrated[H4390] to minister in the priest[H3547]'s office.
4. And Nadab[H5070] and Abihu[H30] died[H4191] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], when they offered[H7126] strange[H2114] fire[H784] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], in the wilderness[H4057] of Sinai[H5514], and they had no children[H1121]; and Eleazar[H499] and Ithamar[H385] ministered in the priest[H3547]'s office in the presence[H6440] of Aaron[H175] their father[H1].
5. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
6. Bring[H7126] the tribe[H4294] of Levi[H3878] near[H7126], and set[H5975] them before[H6440] Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548], that they may minister unto him[H8334].
7. And they shall keep[H8104] his charge[H4931], and the charge[H4931] of the whole congregation[H5712] before[H6440] the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H4908].
8. And they shall keep[H8104] all the furniture[H3627] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], and the charge[H4931] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H4908].
9. And thou shalt give[H5414] the Levites[H3881] unto Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121]: they are wholly given[H5414] unto him on the behalf of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
10. And thou shalt appoint[H6485] Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121], and they shall keep[H8104] their priesthood[H3550]: and the stranger[H2114] that cometh nigh[H7131] shall be put to death[H4191].
11. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
12. And I[H3947], behold, I have taken the Levites[H3881] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] instead of all the first-born[H1060] that openeth[H6363] the womb[H7358] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the Levites shall be mine[H3881]:
13. for all the first-born[H1060] are mine[H3117]; on the day that I smote[H5221] all the first-born[H1060] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] I hallowed[H6942] unto me all the first-born[H1060] in Israel[H3478], both man[H120] and beast[H929]; mine they shall be[H3068]: I am Jehovah.
14. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] in the wilderness[H4057] of Sinai[H5514], saying[H559],
15. Number[H6485] the children[H1121] of Levi[H3878] by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004], by their families[H4940]: every male[H2145] from a month[H2320] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] shalt thou number them[H6485].
16. And Moses[H4872] numbered[H6485] them according to the word[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068], as he was commanded[H6680].
17. And these were the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878] by their names[H8034]: Gershon[H1648], and Kohath[H6955], and Merari[H4847].
18. And these are the names[H8034] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648] by their families[H4940]: Libni[H3845] and Shimei[H8096].
19. And the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] by their families[H4940]: Amram[H6019], and Izhar[H3324], Hebron[H2275], and Uzziel[H5816].
20. And the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847] by their families[H4940]: Mahli[H4249] and Mushi[H4187]. These are[H1992] the families[H4940] of the Levites[H3881] according to their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004].
21. Of Gershon[H1648] was the family[H4940] of the Libnites[H3846], and the family[H4940] of the Shimeites[H8097]: these are the families[H4940] of the Gershonites[H1649].
22. Those that were numbered[H6485] of them[H4557], according to the number of all the males[H2145], from a month[H2320] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], even those that were numbered[H6485] of them were seven[H7651] thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967].
23. The families[H4940] of the Gershonites[H1649] shall encamp[H2583] behind[H310] the tabernacle[H4908] westward[H3220].
24. And the prince[H5387] of the fathers[H1]' house[H1004] of the Gershonites[H1649] shall be Eliasaph[H460] the son[H1121] of Lael[H3815].
25. And the charge[H4931] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150] shall be the tabernacle[H168], and the Tent[H4908], the covering[H168] thereof[H4372], and the screen for the door[H6607] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150],
26. and the hangings[H7050] of the court[H2691], and the screen[H4539] for the door[H6607] of the court[H2691], which is by the tabernacle[H4908], and by the altar[H4196] round about[H5439], and the cords[H4340] of it for all the service thereof[H5656].
27. And of Kohath[H6955] was the family[H4940] of the Amramites[H6020], and the family[H4940] of the Izharites[H3325], and the family[H4940] of the Hebronites[H2276], and the family[H4940] of the Uzzielites[H5817]: these are the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956].
28. According to the number[H4557] of all the males[H2145], from a month[H2320] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], there were eight[H8083] thousand[H505] and six[H8337] hundred[H3967], keeping[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H6944].
29. The families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] shall encamp[H2583] on the side[H3409] of the tabernacle[H4908] southward[H8486].
30. And the prince[H5387] of the fathers[H1]' house[H1004] of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956] shall be Elizaphan[H469] the son[H1121] of Uzziel[H5816].
31. And their charge[H4931] shall be the ark[H727], and the table[H7979], and the candlestick[H4501], and the altars[H4196], and the vessels[H3627] of the sanctuary[H6944] wherewith they minister[H8334], and the screen[H4539], and all the service thereof[H5656].
32. And Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548] shall be prince[H5387] of the princes[H5387] of the Levites[H3881], and have the oversight[H6486] of them that keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H6944].
33. Of Merari[H4847] was the family[H4940] of the Mahlites[H4250], and the family[H4940] of the Mushites[H4188]: these are the families[H4940] of Merari[H4847].
34. And those that were numbered[H6485] of them[H4557], according to the number of all the males[H2145], from a month[H2320] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], were six[H8337] thousand[H505] and two hundred[H3967].
35. And the prince[H5387] of the fathers[H1]' house[H1004] of the families[H4940] of Merari[H4847] was Zuriel[H6700] the son[H1121] of Abihail[H32]: they shall encamp[H2583] on the side[H3409] of the tabernacle[H4908] northward[H6828].
36. And the appointed[H6486] charge[H4931] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847] shall be the boards[H7175] of the tabernacle[H4908], and the bars[H1280] thereof[H5982], and the pillars thereof[H134], and the sockets thereof[H3627], and all the instruments thereof[H5656], and all the service thereof,
37. and the pillars[H5982] of the court[H2691] round about[H5439], and their sockets[H134], and their pins[H3489], and their cords[H4340].
38. And those that encamp[H2583] before[H6440] the tabernacle[H4908] eastward[H6924], before[H6440] the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150] toward the sunrising[H4217], shall be Moses[H4872], and Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121], keeping[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H4720] for the charge[H4931] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the stranger[H2114] that cometh nigh[H7131] shall be put to death[H4191].
39. All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Number[H6485] all the first-born[H1060] males[H2145] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] from a month[H2320] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], and take[H5375] the number[H4557] of their names[H8034].
41. And thou shalt take[H3947] the Levites[H3881] for me[H3068] (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born[H1060] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the cattle[H929] of the Levites[H3881] instead of all the firstlings[H1060] among the cattle[H929] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]:
42. and Moses[H4872] numbered[H6485], as Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] him[H1060], all the first-born among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
43. And all the first-born[H1060] males[H2145] according to the number[H4557] of names[H8034], from a month[H2320] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], of those that were numbered[H6485] of them[H6242], were twenty and two[H8147] thousand[H505] two hundred[H3967] and threescore and thirteen[H7657].
44. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
45. Take[H3947] the Levites[H3881] instead of all the first-born[H1060] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and the cattle[H929] of the Levites[H3881] instead of their cattle[H929]; and the Levites[H3881] shall be mine[H3068]: I am Jehovah.
46. And for the redemption[H6302] of the two hundred[H3967] and threescore and thirteen[H7657] of the first-born[H1060] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], that are over and above[H5736] the number[H5921] of the Levites[H3881],
47. thou shalt take[H3947] five[H2568] shekels[H8255] apiece by the poll[H1538]; after the shekel[H8255] of the sanctuary[H6944] shalt thou take[H3947] them[H8255] (the shekel is twenty[H6242] gerahs[H1626]):
48. and thou shalt give[H5414] the money[H3701], wherewith the odd number[H5736] of them is redeemed[H6302], unto Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121].
49. And Moses[H4872] took[H3947] the redemption-money[H6306] from[H3701] them that were over[H5736] and above them that were redeemed[H6302] by the Levites[H3881];
50. from the first-born[H1060] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] took[H3947] he the money[H3701], a thousand[H505] three[H7969] hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346] and five[H2568] shekels[H8255], after the shekel of the sanctuary[H6944]:
51. and Moses[H4872] gave[H5414] the[H3701] redemption-money[H6302] unto Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121], according to the word[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068], as Jehovah[H3068] commanded[H6680] Moses[H4872].
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