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Numbers 3:1-29

3:1

These also [are] the generations
<08435>

of Aaron
<0175>

and Moses
<04872>

in the day
<03117>

[that] the LORD
<03068>

spake
<01696> (8763)

with Moses
<04872>

in mount
<02022>

Sinai
<05514>_.

3:2

And these [are] the names
<08034>

of the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>_;

Nadab
<05070>

the firstborn
<01060>_,

and Abihu
<030>_,

Eleazar
<0499>_,

and Ithamar
<0385>_.

3:3

These [are] the names
<08034>

of the sons
<01121>

of Aaron
<0175>_,

the priests
<03548>

which were anointed
<04886> (8803)_,

whom he consecrated
<04390> (8765) <03027>

to minister in the priest's office
<03547> (8763)_.

{whom...: Heb. whose hand he filled}

3:4

And Nadab
<05070>

and Abihu
<030>

died
<04191> (8799)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

when they offered
<07126> (8687)

strange
<02114> (8801)

fire
<0784>

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

in the wilderness
<04057>

of Sinai
<05514>_,

and they had no children
<01121>_:

and Eleazar
<0499>

and Ithamar
<0385>

ministered in the priest's office
<03547> (8762)

in the sight
<06440>

of Aaron
<0175>

their father
<01>_.

3:5

And the LORD
<03068>

spake
<01696> (8762)

unto Moses
<04872>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

3:6

Bring
<07126> (0)

the tribe
<04294>

of Levi
<03878>

near
<07126> (8685)_,

and present
<05975> (8689)

them before
<06440>

Aaron
<0175>

the priest
<03548>_,

that they may minister
<08334> (8765)

unto him.

3:7

And they shall keep
<08104> (8804)

his charge
<04931>_,

and the charge
<04931>

of the whole congregation
<05712>

before
<06440>

the tabernacle
<0168>

of the congregation
<04150>_,

to do
<05647> (8800)

the service
<05656>

of the tabernacle
<04908>_.

3:8

And they shall keep
<08104> (8804)

all the instruments
<03627>

of the tabernacle
<0168>

of the congregation
<04150>_,

and the charge
<04931>

of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

to do
<05647> (8800)

the service
<05656>

of the tabernacle
<04908>_.

3:9

And thou shalt give
<05414> (8804)

the Levites
<03881>

unto Aaron
<0175>

and to his sons
<01121>_:

they [are] wholly given
<05414> (8803)

unto him out of the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

3:10

And thou shalt appoint
<06485> (8799)

Aaron
<0175>

and his sons
<01121>_,

and they shall wait on
<08104> (8804)

their priest's office
<03550>_:

and the stranger
<02114> (8801)

that cometh nigh
<07131>

shall be put to death
<04191> (8714)_.

3:11

And the LORD
<03068>

spake
<01696> (8762)

unto Moses
<04872>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

3:12

And I, behold, I have taken
<03947> (8804)

the Levites
<03881>

from among
<08432>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

instead of all the firstborn
<01060>

that openeth
<06363>

the matrix
<07358>

among the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_:

therefore the Levites
<03881>

shall be mine;

3:13

Because all the firstborn
<01060>

[are] mine; [for] on the day
<03117>

that I smote
<05221> (8687)

all the firstborn
<01060>

in the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>

I hallowed
<06942> (8689)

unto me all the firstborn
<01060>

in Israel
<03478>_,

both man
<0120>

and beast
<0929>_:

mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD
<03068>_.

3:14

And the LORD
<03068>

spake
<01696> (8762)

unto Moses
<04872>

in the wilderness
<04057>

of Sinai
<05514>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

3:15

Number
<06485> (8798)

the children
<01121>

of Levi
<03878>

after the house
<01004>

of their fathers
<01>_,

by their families
<04940>_:

every male
<02145>

from a month
<02320>

old
<01121>

and upward
<04605>

shalt thou number
<06485> (8799)

them.

3:16

And Moses
<04872>

numbered
<06485> (8799)

them according to the word
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as he was commanded
<06680> (8795)_.

{word: Heb. mouth}

3:17

And these were the sons
<01121>

of Levi
<03878>

by their names
<08034>_;

Gershon
<01648>_,

and Kohath
<06955>_,

and Merari
<04847>_.

3:18

And these [are] the names
<08034>

of the sons
<01121>

of Gershon
<01648>

by their families
<04940>_;

Libni
<03845>_,

and Shimei
<08096>_.

3:19

And the sons
<01121>

of Kohath
<06955>

by their families
<04940>_;

Amram
<06019>_,

and Izehar
<03324>_,

Hebron
<02275>_,

and Uzziel
<05816>_.

3:20

And the sons
<01121>

of Merari
<04847>

by their families
<04940>_;

Mahli
<04249>_,

and Mushi
<04187>_.

These [are]
<01992>

the families
<04940>

of the Levites
<03881>

according to the house
<01004>

of their fathers
<01>_.

3:21

Of Gershon
<01648>

[was] the family
<04940>

of the Libnites
<03846>_,

and the family
<04940>

of the Shimites
<08097>_:

these [are] the families
<04940>

of the Gershonites
<01649>_.

3:22

Those that were numbered
<06485> (8803)

of them, according to the number
<04557>

of all the males
<02145>_,

from a month
<02320>

old
<01121>

and upward
<04605>_,

[even] those that were numbered
<06485> (8803)

of them [were] seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>

and five
<02568>

hundred
<03967>_.

3:23

The families
<04940>

of the Gershonites
<01649>

shall pitch
<02583> (8799)

behind
<0310>

the tabernacle
<04908>

westward
<03220>_.

3:24

And the chief
<05387>

of the house
<01004>

of the father
<01>

of the Gershonites
<01649>

[shall be] Eliasaph
<0460>

the son
<01121>

of Lael
<03815>_.

3:25

And the charge
<04931>

of the sons
<01121>

of Gershon
<01648>

in the tabernacle
<0168>

of the congregation
<04150>

[shall be] the tabernacle
<04908>_,

and the tent
<0168>_,

the covering
<04372>

thereof, and the hanging
<04539>

for the door
<06607>

of the tabernacle
<0168>

of the congregation
<04150>_,

3:26

And the hangings
<07050>

of the court
<02691>_,

and the curtain
<04539>

for the door
<06607>

of the court
<02691>_,

which [is] by the tabernacle
<04908>_,

and by the altar
<04196>

round about
<05439>_,

and the cords
<04340>

of it for all the service
<05656>

thereof.

3:27

And of Kohath
<06955>

[was] the family
<04940>

of the Amramites
<06020>_,

and the family
<04940>

of the Izeharites
<03325>_,

and the family
<04940>

of the Hebronites
<02276>_,

and the family
<04940>

of the Uzzielites
<05817>_:

these [are] the families
<04940>

of the Kohathites
<06956>_.

3:28

In the number
<04557>

of all the males
<02145>_,

from a month
<02320>

old
<01121>

and upward
<04605>_,

[were] eight
<08083>

thousand
<0505>

and six
<08337>

hundred
<03967>_,

keeping
<08104> (8802)

the charge
<04931>

of the sanctuary
<06944>_.

3:29

The families
<04940>

of the sons
<01121>

of Kohath
<06955>

shall pitch
<02583> (8799)

on the side
<03409>

of the tabernacle
<04908>

southward
<08486>_.