1Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh 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 serve in the priest's office. 4And Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar served in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. 5And Yahweh 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 will keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8And they will 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 you will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him on the behalf of the sons of Israel. 10And you will appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will keep their priesthood: and the stranger who comes near will be put to death. 11And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12And I, look, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the sons of Israel; and the Levites will be mine: 13for all the firstborn are mine; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed to me all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast; they will be mine: I am Yahweh. 14And Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward, you will number them. 16And Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as it 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 will encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites will be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting will 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 by the altar round about, and the cords of it 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 and three hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29The families of the sons of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites will be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31And their charge will 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 its service. 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest will 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 and two hundred. 35And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they will encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari will be the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its instruments, and its [the tabernacle's] service, 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 sunrising, will be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel; and the stranger who comes near will be put to death. 39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. 40And Yahweh said to Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41And you will take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborns among the cattle of the sons of Israel: 42and Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the sons 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 and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 44And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 45Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites will be mine: I am Yahweh. 46And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are over and above [the number of] the Levites, 47you will take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary you will take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): 48and you will 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 sons of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51and Moses gave the redemption-money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.