1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yehovah spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. 2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. 4And Nadab and Abihu died before Yehovah, when they offered strange fire before Yehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father. 5And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him on behalf of the children of Israel. 10And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death. 11And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: 13for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Yehovah. 14And Yehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward you shall number them. 16And Moses numbered them according to the word of Yehovah, as he was commanded. 17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. 21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred. 23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all its service. 27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service. 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary. 33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34And those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred. 35And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its instruments, and all its service, 37and the pillars of the court around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, 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 who comes near shall be put to death. 39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand. 40And Yehovah said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41And you shall take the Levites for me (I am Yehovah) 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. 42And Moses numbered, as Yehovah commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three. 44And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 45Take 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 Yehovah. 46And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who are over and above the number of the Levites, 47you shall take five shekels apiece per head; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): 48and you shall give the money, with which the odd number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons. 49And Moses took the redemption-money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites; 50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 51and Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yehovah, as Yehovah commanded Moses.