And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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See, thou shalt not muster the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt not take their numbers, in the midst of the children of Israel.
And do thou set the Levites over the tabernacle of witness, and over all its furniture, and over all things that are in it; and they shall do service in it, and they shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
And in removing the tabernacle, the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the tabernacle they shall set it up: and let the stranger that advances [to touch it] die.
And the children of Israel shall encamp, every man in his own order, and every man according to his company, with their host.
But let the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of witness fronting it, and [so] there shall be no sin among the children of Israel; and the Levites themselves shall keep the guard of the tabernacle of witness.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Let the children of Israel encamp fronting [each other], every man keeping his own rank, according to [their] standards, according to the houses of their families; the children of Israel shall encamp round about the tabernacle of witness.
And they that encamp first toward the east [shall be] the order of the camp of Juda with their host, and the prince of the sons of Juda, Naasson the son of Aminadab.
His forces that were numbered, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.
And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Issachar, and the prince of the sons of Issachar [shall be] Nathanael the son of Sogar.
His forces that were numbered, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.
And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Zabulon, and the prince of the sons of Zabulon [shall be] Eliab the son of Chælon.
His forces that were numbered, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered of the camp of Juda were a hundred and eighty thousand and six thousand and four hundred: they shall move first with their forces.
[This is] the order of the camp of Ruben; their forces [shall be] toward the south, and the prince of the children of Ruben [shall be] Elisur the son of Sediur.
His forces that were numbered, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.
And they that encamp next to him [shall be] of the tribe of Symeon, and the prince of the sons of Symeon [shall be] Salamiel the son of Surisadai.
His forces that were numbered, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.
And they that encamp next to them [shall be] the tribe of Gad; and the prince of the sons of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel.
His forces that were numbered, were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
All who were numbered of the camp of Ruben, were a hundred and fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty: they with their forces shall proceed in the second place.
And [then] the tabernacle of witness shall be set forward, and the camp of the Levites [shall be] between the camps; as they shall encamp, so also shall they commence their march, each one next in order to his fellow according to their companies.
The station of the camp of Ephraim [shall be] westward with their forces, and the head of the children of Ephraim [shall be] Elisama the son of Emiud.
His forces that were numbered, are forty thousand and five hundred.
And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Manasse, and the prince of the sons of Manasse, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
His forces that were numbered, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.
And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Benjamin, and the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gadeoni.
His forces that were numbered, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim, were one hundred and eight thousand and one hundred: they with their forces shall set out third.
The order of the camp of Dan [shall be] northward with their forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Achiezer the son of Amisadai.
His forces that were numbered, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.
And they that encamp next to him [shall be] the tribe of Aser; and the prince of the sons of Aser, Phagiel the son of Echran.
His forces that were numbered, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.
And they that encamp next [shall be] of the tribe of Nephthali; and the prince of the children of Nephthali, Achire son of Ænan.
His forces that were numbered were fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
All that were numbered of the camp of Dan, [were] a hundred and fifty-seven thousand and six hundred: they shall set out last according to their order.
This [is] the numbering of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families: all the numbering of the camps with their forces, [was] six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty.
But the Levites were not numbered with them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And the children of Israel did all things that the Lord commanded Moses; thus they encamped in their order, and thus they began their march in succession each according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families.
And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.
And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.
These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.
And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,
and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.
And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.
And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.
For every first-born [is] mine; in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I [am] the Lord.
And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,
Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.
And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:
and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:
and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.
To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.
The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering [was] seven thousand and five hundred.
And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.
And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael.
And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.
To Caath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number.
Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.
The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.
And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel.
And their charge [was] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.
And the chief over the chief of the Levites, [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.
To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.
The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.
And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.
The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,
and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.
They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east [shall be] Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.
All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, [were] two and twenty thousand.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.
And thou shalt take the Levites for me—I [am] the Lord—instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.
And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.
And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I [am] the Lord.
And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel;
thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.
And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.
And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.
He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.
And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers' households;
from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, every one that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.
And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy.
And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony.
And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through [the rings].
And they shall put on the table set forth for shew-bread a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.
And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it.