1These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
2 seven thousand five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,
24with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as head of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.
25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
26the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords; all the service pertaining to these.
27Of Kohath were 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, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle,
30with Eli-zaphan the son of Uzziel as head of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites.
31And their charge was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen; all the service pertaining to these.
32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.
33Of Merari were the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was six thousand two hundred.
35And the head of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail; they were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
36And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari was to be the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service pertaining to these;
37also the pillars of the court round about, with their bases and pegs and cords.
38And those to encamp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, having charge of the rites within the sanctuary, whatever had to be done for the people of Israel; and any one else who came near was to be put to death.
39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40And the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the first-born males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking their number by names.
41And you shall take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the people of Israel.”
42So Moses numbered all the first-born among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded him.
43And all the first-born males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as numbered were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44And the Lord said to Moses,
45Num 3.11-13; 8.18. “Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
46And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites,
47you shall take five shekels apiece; reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs, you shall take them,
48and give the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed to Aaron and his sons.”
49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;
50from the first-born of the people of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;
51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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