1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai: 2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, 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 LORD when they offered strange fire before LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. 5And LORD 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 sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9And thou shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the sons of Israel. 10And thou shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death. 11And LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the first-born who opens the womb among the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall be mine, 13for all the first-born are mine. On the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed to me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be mine. I am LORD. 14And LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. Thou shall number them, every male from a month old and upward. 16And Moses numbered them according to the word of LORD, 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 and five hundred. 23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24And the ruler 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, the covering of it, 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 by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service of it. 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 and 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 ruler 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 candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service of it. 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be ruler of the rulers of the Levites, [with] 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 and two hundred. 35And the ruler 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 the bars of it, and the pillars of it, and the sockets of it, and all the instruments of it, and all the service of it, 37and the pillars of the court round about, 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 sons of Israel. And the stranger 39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand. 40And LORD said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41And thou shall take the Levites for me (I am LORD) instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the sons of Israel. 42And Moses numbered, as LORD commanded him, all the first-born among the sons of Israel. 43And all the first-born 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 LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 45Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. And the Levites shall be mine. I am LORD. 46And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first-born of the sons of Israel, who are over and above [the number of] the Levites, 47thou shall take five shekels apiece by the poll. According to the shekel of the sanctuary thou shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs), 48and thou 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. 50He took the money from the first-born of the sons of Israel, 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 LORD, as LORD commanded Moses.