1And these are the families of Ahron and of Moshe in the day when LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe in the mountain of Sinai. 2And these are the names of the sons of Ahron the firstborn: Nadab and Abihu and Eliazar and Ithamar. 3These are the names of the sons of Ahron the Priest who were anointed and they consecrated their hands to the Priesthood. 4And Nadab and Abihu died before LORD JEHOVAH when they offered foreign fire before LORD JEHOVAH in the wilderness of Sinai and they had no sons, and Eliazer and Ithamar served as Priest in the life of Ahron their father.

5And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 6“Bring the tribe of Levi and present it before Ahron the Priest and it shall serve him. 7And they shall keep his charge and the charge of all the assembly before LORD JEHOVAH before the Time Tabernacle to do service in the Tabernacle. 8And they shall keep all the implements of the Time Tent and the guarding of the children of Israel to do the service of the Tabernacle. 9And you shall give the Levites to Ahron and to his sons; they are a gift given to him from within the sons of Israel. 10And command Ahron and his sons and they shall keep their Priesthood, and the foreigner who comes near to them will be killed.”

11And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from within the children of Israel in place of every firstborn that opens every womb from the children of Israel, that the Levites will be mine. 13Because every firstborn is mine; in the day that I killed every firstborn that was in the land of Egypt, I hallowed every firstborn of the children of Israel to me from man and unto animal; they shall be mine; I AM LORD JEHOVAH.”

14And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai and said to him, 15“Count the sons of Levi for the house of their fathers by their families; you shall count them, every male from a son of a month and above.” 16And Moshe numbered them by the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH as he was commanded. 17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershun and Qahath and Merari. 18And these are the names of the sons of Gershun for their tribes: Lebni and Shimei. 19And the sons of Qahath for their tribes: Amram and Yatzhar and Khebron and Uziel. 20And the sons of Merari for their tribes: Makhli and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to the house of their fathers.

21For Gershun: the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites, these are the families of Gershun. 22And their number in the number of every male from a son of a month and above: seven thousand and five hundred. 23The family of Gershun shall be camping behind the Tabernacle from the West. 24And the Ruler of the house of the fathers of Gershun: Eliasaph son of Eliab.

25And the keeping of the sons of Gershun in the Time Tabernacle, the Tabernacle and the curtain, the door and its veil and the veil of the door of the courtyard that is next to the Time Tabernacle. 26And the curtain rods of the courtyard and the veil of the door of the courtyard that is next to the Tabernacle and next to the altar as a circle, and its cords and all its works.

27And Qahath’s family of Amram and the family of the Yatzharites and the family of Khebrun and the family of Uziel; these are the families of Qahath. 28And their number in the number of every male from a son of a month and above: eight thousand and six hundred keeping the watch of Holiness. 29And the family of the house of Qahath will dwell on the borders of the Tabernacle from the South. 30And the Ruler of the house of the fathers of the family of Qahath: Elitsaphan son of Uziel. 31And their charge: the Ark and the table and the menorahs and the altar and the implements of holiness with which they serve, and the door curtain and all its service. 32And the Head of the Rulers of Levi: Eliazer the son of Ahron the Priest, who was authorized over the keepers of the keeping of Holiness.

33And Marari’s family of Makhli and the family of Mushi: these are the families of Marari. 34And their number in the number of every male from a son of a month and above: six thousand and two hundred. 35And the Ruler of the house of the fathers of the families of Merari: Tsuriel son of Abikhel; they shall be camping on the side of the Tabernacle from the North. 36And authority of the keeping of the sons of Merari: the boards of the Tabernacle and its bars and its posts and its sockets and all its implements and all its service. 37And the pillars of the courtyard surrounding and their cords and their sockets and their curtain rods.

38And they who camp before the Tabernacle from the East before the Time Tent from the East: Moshe and Ahron and his sons who keep the guard of Holiness by the guard of the children of Israel, and a stranger approaching will be killed. 39All of the number of Levi whom Moshe numbered by the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH, every male from a son of a month and above: twenty and two thousand.

40And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: “Number every firstborn male of the children of Israel from a son of a month and above and take the number of their names. 41And you shall bring the Levites to me (I AM LORD JEHOVAH), in the place of all of the firstborn ones of the children of Israel, and the domestic animals of Levi in the place of all firstborn ones of the domestic animals of the children of Israel.” 42And Moshe numbered all of the firstborn of the children of Israel according to what LORD JEHOVAH commanded him. 43And all firstborn males by the number of the names of a son of a month and above, the number of them was twenty and two thousand and two hundred and seventy and three.

44And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 45“Bring the Levites in the place of every firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in the place of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I AM LORD JEHOVAH. 46And the redemption of the two hundred and seventy and three more than the Levites, the firstborn of the children Israel: 47Take five shekels for a head in the shekel of Holiness; take twenty mayn to a shekel. 48And take the money of redemption of those who exceed them to Ahron and to his sons.” 49And Moshe took the money of redemption from those who exceeded for the redemption of the Levites. 50From the firstborn of the children of Israel, and he took the money: one thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels in the shekel of Holiness. 51And Moshe gave the money of redemption to Ahron and his sons according to the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH, as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe.