Numbers 3

 

Numbers 3

 

1 These are the generations of Light Bringer (Aaron) and Drawn (Moses) in the day that I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke with Drawn (Moses) in Mount Thorny (Sinai).

 

2 These are the names of the sons of Light Bringer (Aaron); Generous (Nadab) the firstborn, and He Is My Father (Abihu), God Has Helped (Eleazar), and Coast of Palms (Ithamar).

 

3 These are the names of the sons of Light Bringer (Aaron), the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

 

4 Generous (Nadab) and He Is My Father (Abihu) died before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), when they offered strange fire before I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), in the wilderness of Thorny (Sinai), and they had no children: God Has Helped (Eleazar) and Coast of Palms (Ithamar) ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Light Bringer (Aaron) their father.

 

5 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying:

 

6 Bring the tribe of Joined To (Levi) near, and present them before Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest, that they may minister to him.

 

7 They shall keep His charge and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

 

8 They shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of God Prevails (Israel), to do the service of the tabernacle.

 

9 You shall give the Children of Joined To (Levites) to Light Bringer (Aaron) and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of God Prevails (Israel).

 

10 You shall appoint Light Bringer (Aaron) and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: The stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

 

11 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses) saying:

 

12 I, behold, I have taken the Children of Joined To (Levites) from among the children of God Prevails (Israel) instead of all the firstborn that open the matrix among the children of God Prevails (Israel): therefore, the Children of Joined To (Levites) shall be mine;

 

13 Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Double-Straights (Egypt) I hallowed to me all the firstborn in God Prevails (Israel), both man and beast are mine: I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

14 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses) in the wilderness of Thorny (Sinai), saying,

 

15 Number the children of Joined To (Levi) after the house of their fathers, by their families. You shall number them; every male from a month old and upward.

 

16 Drawn (Moses) numbered them according to the word of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), as he was commanded.

 

17 These were the sons of Joined To (Levi) by their names; Exile (Gershon), and Assembly (Kohath), and Bitter (Merari).

 

18 And these are the names of the sons of Exile (Gershon) by their families; White (Libni), and Renowned (Shimei).

 

19 And the sons of Assembly (Kohath) by their families; Exalted People (Amram), Shining Oil (Izehar), Association (Hebron), and My strength is God (Uzziel).

 

20 The sons of Bitter (Merari) by their families; Infirmity (Mahali), and Yielding (Mushi). These are the families of the Children of Joined To (Levites) according to the house of their fathers.

 

21 Of Exile (Gershon) was the family of the Whites (Libnites) and the family of the Renowned Ones (Shimites): these are the families of Exiled (the Gershonites).

 

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

 

23 The families of Exile (Gershonites) shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

 

24 The chief of the house of the father of the Exile (Gershonites) shall be God Has Added (Eliasaph) the son of Belonging to God (Lael).

 

25 The charge of the sons of Exile (Gershon) in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, the tent and the covering thereof, the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

 

26 The hangings of the court, the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

 

27 Of Assembly (Kohath) was the family of the Exalted People (Amramites), and the family of the Shining Oil (Izeharites), and the family of the Association (Hebronites), and the family of the My strength is God (Uzzielites): these are the families of the Assembly (Kohathites).

 

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

 

29 The families of the sons of Assembly (Kohath) shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

 

30 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Assembly (Kohathites) shall be My God Has Protected (Elizaphan) the son of My strength is God (Uzziel).

 

31 Their charge shall be the ark, the table, the candlestick, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, the hanging, and all the service thereof.

 

32 God Has Helped (Eleazar) the son of Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest shall be chief over the chief of the children of Joined To (Levites), and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

 

33 Of Bitter (Merari) was the family of the Infirmity (Mahalites), and the family of the Yielding (Mushites): these are the families of Bitter (Merari).

 

34 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

 

35 The chief of the house of the father of the families of Bitter (Merari) was My Rock is God (Zuriel) the son of My Father is Might (Abihail): these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

 

36 Under the custody and charge of the sons of Bitter (Merari) shall be the boards of the tabernacle, the bars thereof, the pillars thereof, the sockets thereof, all the vessels thereof and all that is related to them

 

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

 

38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward shall be Drawn (Moses), and Light Bringer (Aaron) and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of God Prevails (Israel); the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

 

39 All that were numbered of the Joined To (Levites), which Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) numbered at the commandment of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

 

40 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) said to Drawn (Moses), Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of God Prevails (Israel) from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

 

41 You shall take the Children of Joined To (Levites) for me, I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), instead of all the firstborn among the children of God Prevails (Israel); and the cattle of the Children of Joined To (Levites) instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of God Prevails (Israel).

 

42 Drawn (Moses) numbered, as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of God Prevails (Israel).

 

43 All the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.

 

44 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying,

 

45 Take the Children of Joined To (Levites) instead of all the firstborn among the children of God Prevails (Israel), and the cattle of the Children of Joined To (Levites) instead of their cattle; and the Children of Joined To (Levites) shall be mine: I am I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

46 For those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of God Prevails (Israel), which are more than the Joined To (Levites);

 

47 You shall take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary You shall take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)

 

48 You shall give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, to Light Bringer (Aaron) and to his sons.

 

49 So Drawn (Moses) took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Joined To (Levites):

 

50 Of the firstborn of the children of God Prevails (Israel) took he the money; one thousand three hundred sixty- five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

 

51 Drawn (Moses) gave the money of them that were redeemed to Light Bringer (Aaron) and to his sons, according to the word of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses).