And Nadab and Abihudiedbefore the LORD, whentheyofferedstrangefirebefore the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamarministered in the priest’soffice in the sight of Aarontheirfather.
And theyshallkeep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
And I, behold, I havetaken the Levitesfromamong the children of Israelinstead of all the firstbornthatopeneth the matrixamong the children of Israel: therefore the Levitesshall be mine;
Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowedunto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mineshallthey be: I am the LORD.
Thosethatwerenumbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, eventhosethatwerenumbered of themwereseventhousand and fivehundred.
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregationshall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the coveringthereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altarroundabout, and the cords of it for all the servicethereof.
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
And theirchargeshall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuarywherewiththeyminister, and the hanging, and all the servicethereof.
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priestshall be chiefover the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of themthatkeep the charge of the sanctuary.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: theseshallpitch on the side of the tabernaclenorthward.
And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merarishall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the barsthereof, and the pillarsthereof, and the socketsthereof, and all the vesselsthereof, and all thatserveththereto,
But thosethatencampbefore the tabernacletoward the east, evenbefore the tabernacle of the congregationeastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the strangerthatcomethnighshall be put to death.
All thatwerenumbered of the Levites, whichMoses and Aaronnumbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughouttheirfamilies, all the malesfrom a month old and upward, weretwenty and two thousand.
And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israelfrom a month old and upward, and take the number of theirnames.
And thoushalttake the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstbornamong the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levitesinstead of all the firstlingsamong the cattle of the children of Israel.
And all the firstbornmales by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of thosethatwerenumbered of them, weretwenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Take the Levitesinstead of all the firstbornamong the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levitesinstead of theircattle; and the Levitesshall be mine: I am the LORD.
And for thosethat are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are morethan the Levites;