These are the generations of Aharon and Mosheb, who were genealogized in the day that the Lord spake with Mosheh in the mountain of Sinai.
And these are the names of the Beni Aharon the priests, the disciples of Moses, the Rabbi of Israel; and they were called by his name in the day that they were anointed to minister in offering their oblations.
But Nadab and Abihu died by the flaming fire at the time of their offering the strange fire from their own tents; and they had no children. And Elazar and Ithamar ministered before Aharon their father.
And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and appoint them before Aharon the priest to minister with him, (or, to do him service;)
and let them be divided into twenty and four parties, and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the tabernacle of ordinance, to perform the work of the tabernacle;
and they shall have charge of all the vessels of the tabernacle of ordinance, and the charge of the sons of Israel to do the service of the tabernacle.
And I have given the Levites unto Aharon and his sons; a gift are they given and delivered to him from among the sons of Israel;
and number thou Aharon and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the stranger who cometh near shall be slain by the flame from. before the Lord.
And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
And I, behold, I have brought nigh the Levites from among the sons of Israel, instead of all the first-born who open the womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall minister before Me.
For every first-born among the sons of Israel is Mine, from the day when. I slew every first-born in the land of Mizraim; I have sanctified before Me every first-born in Israel; from man to animal, they are Mine: I am the Lord.
And the Lord spake with Mosheh in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:
Number the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers and their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
Moses therefore numbered them according to the mouth of the Word of the Lord, as he had been commanded.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.
And these are the names of the Beni Gershon, according to their families, Libni and Shemei.
And the Beni Kehath by their families, Amram, Jizhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
And the Beni Merari by their families, Machli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
Of Gershon, the family of Libni, and the family of Shemei; these are the families of Gershon.
The sum of them, by the numbers of all the males from a month old and upward, seven thousand five hundred.
The two families who spring from Gershon shall encamp after the tabernacle westward;
and the Rab of the house of the fathers set over the two families shall be Eljasaph bar Lael.
And the charge of the Beni Gershon in the tabernacle of ordinance shall be the tent, and the covering that overspreadeth, and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of ordinance,
and the curtains of the court, and the hanging which is at the gate of the court by the tabernacle, and the altar round about, and the cords of it, for all the service thereof.
Of Kehath was the family of Amram, and the family of Izbar, and of Hebron, and Uzziel: these are the families of Kehath,
the numbers eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
The four families that spring from Kehath shall encamp by the south side of the tabernacle;
the Rab shall be Elizaphan bar Uzziel,
and their charge, the ark, the table, the candelabrum, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the veil, and that which pertaineth to its service.
And the Amarkol set over the chiefs of the Levites shall be Elazar bar Aharon the priest, who inquireth by Uraya and Thumaya; and under his hand shall they be appointed who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
Of Merari, the families of Machli and Mushi, ___
___ their number six thousand two hundred,
and the Rab Zeruel bar Abichael: they shall encamp by the tabernacle northward;
and that delivered to their charge shall be the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, and sockets, and all (that pertains to) the service thereof.
The pillars of the court also round about, their sockets, pins, and cords.
But they who encamp before the tabernacle of ordinance eastward (shall be) Mosheh and Aharon, and his sons; keeping charge of the sanctuary and of Israel; and the stranger who draweth near shall be slain by flaming fire from before the Lord.
The sum of the Levites whom Mosheh and Aharon numbered by the mouth of the Word of the Lord was twenty-two thousand.
And the Lord said unto Mosheh, Number all the first-bon males among the sons of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
And bring near the Levites before me--I am the Lord--instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and all the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstling cattle of the children of Israel.
And Mosheh numbered, as the Lord commanded him,
all the firstborn of the sons of Israel: the sum of their number was twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:
Bring near the Levites instead of every first-born among Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, that the Levites may minister before me: I am the Lord.
And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy and three of the first-born of the Beni Israel, who are more (than the number of) the Levites,
thou shalt take of each five shekels by poll, in the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty mahin to the shekel.
And thou shalt give the Shekel unto Aharon, and to his sons, as the redemption of them who are more than they.
And Mosheh took the redemption (money) of them who were above those who were released by the Levites,
___ one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels;
and Mosheh gave the redemption silver to Aharon, and to his sons, according to the mouth of the Word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Mosheh.