Thesealso are the generationsof Aaronand Mosesin the day that the LORDspokewithMosesin mountSinai. And these are the namesof the sonsof Aaron; Nadabthe firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the namesof the sonsof Aaron, the priestswhich were anointed, whomhe consecratedto minister in the priest's office. And Nadaband Abihudiedbeforethe LORD, when they offeredstrangefirebeforethe LORD, in the wildernessof Sinai, and they hadnochildren: and Eleazarand Ithamarministered in the priest's officeinthe sightof Aarontheir father. And the LORDspokeuntoMoses, saying, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and presentthem beforeAaronthe priest, that they may ministerunto him. And they shall keephis charge, and the chargeof the wholecongregationbeforethe tabernacleof the congregation, to dothe serviceof the tabernacle. And they shall keepallthe instrumentsof the tabernacleof the congregation, and the chargeof the childrenof Israel, to dothe serviceof the tabernacle. And thou shalt givethe Levitesunto Aaronand to his sons: they are wholly givenunto him out ofthe childrenof Israel. And thou shalt appointAaronand his sons, and they shall wait ontheir priest's office: and the strangerthat cometh nighshall be put to death. And the LORDspokeuntoMoses, saying, And I, behold, I have takenthe Levitesfrom amongthe childrenof Israelinstead ofallthe firstbornthat openeththe matrixamong the childrenof Israel: therefore the Levitesshall bemine; Becauseallthe firstborn are mine; for on the daythat I smoteallthe firstbornin the landof EgyptI hallowedunto me allthe firstbornin Israel, both manandbeast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. And the LORDspokeuntoMosesin the wildernessof Sinai, saying, Numberthe childrenof Leviafter the houseof their fathers, by their families: everymalefrom a montholdand upwardshalt thou numberthem. And Mosesnumberedthem according tothe wordof the LORD, ashe was commanded. And thesewerethe sonsof Leviby their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. And these are the namesof the sonsof Gershonby their families; Libni, and Shimei. And the sonsof Kohathby their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the sonsof Merariby their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the familiesof the Levitesaccording to the houseof their fathers. Of Gershon was the familyof the Libnites, and the familyof the Shimites: these are the familiesof the Gershonites. Those that were numberedof them, according to the numberof allthe males, from a montholdand upward, even those that were numberedof them were seventhousandand fivehundred. The familiesof the Gershonitesshall pitchbehindthe tabernaclewestward. And the chiefof the houseof the fatherof the Gershonites shall be Eliasaphthe sonof Lael. And the chargeof the sonsof Gershonin the tabernacleof the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the coveringthereof, and the hangingfor the doorof the tabernacleof the congregation, And the hangingsof the court, and the curtainfor the doorof the court, which is bythe tabernacle, and bythe altarround about, and the cordsof it for allthe servicethereof. And of Kohath was the familyof the Amramites, and the familyof the Izeharites, and the familyof the Hebronites, and the familyof the Uzzielites: these are the familiesof the Kohathites. In the numberof allthe males, from a montholdand upward, were eightthousandand sixhundred, keepingthe chargeof the sanctuary. The familiesof the sonsof Kohathshall pitchonthe sideof the tabernaclesouthward. And the chiefof the houseof the fatherof the familiesof the Kohathites shall be Elizaphanthe sonof Uzziel. And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vesselsof the sanctuarywherewiththey minister, and the hanging, and allthe servicethereof. And Eleazarthe sonof Aaronthe priest shall be chiefover the chiefof the Levites, and have the oversightof them that keepthe chargeof the sanctuary. Of Merari was the familyof the Mahlites, and the familyof the Mushites: these are the familiesof Merari. And those that were numberedof them, according to the numberof allthe males, from a montholdand upward, were sixthousandand two hundred. And the chiefof the houseof the fatherof the familiesof Merari was Zurielthe sonof Abihail: these shall pitchonthe sideof the tabernaclenorthward. And under the custodyand chargeof the sonsof Merari shall be the boardsof the tabernacle, and the barsthereof, and the pillarsthereof, and the socketsthereof, and allthe vesselsthereof, and allthat serveththereto, And the pillarsof the courtround about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. But those that encampbeforethe tabernacletoward the east, even beforethe tabernacleof the congregationeastward, shall be Moses, and Aaronand his sons, keepingthe chargeof the sanctuaryfor the chargeof the childrenof Israel; and the strangerthat cometh nighshall be put to death. Allthat were numberedof the Levites, whichMosesand Aaronnumberedatthe commandmentof the LORD, throughout their families, allthe malesfrom a montholdand upward, were twentyand twothousand. And the LORDsaiduntoMoses, Numberallthe firstbornof the malesof the childrenof Israelfrom a montholdand upward, and takethe numberof their names. And thou shalt takethe Levitesfor me (I am the LORD) instead ofallthe firstbornamong the childrenof Israel; and the cattleof the Levitesinstead ofallthe firstlingsamong the cattleof the childrenof Israel. And Mosesnumbered, asthe LORDcommandedhim, allthe firstbornamong the childrenof Israel. And allthe firstbornmalesby the numberof names, from a montholdand upward, of those that were numberedof them, weretwentyand twothousandtwo hundredand threescore and thirteen. And the LORDspokeuntoMoses, saying, Takethe Levitesinstead ofallthe firstbornamong the childrenof Israel, and the cattleof the Levitesinstead oftheir cattle; and the Levitesshall bemine: I am the LORD. And for those that are to be redeemedof the two hundredand threescore and thirteenof the firstbornof the childrenof Israel, which are morethanthe Levites; Thou shalt even takefive shekels apieceby the poll, after the shekelof the sanctuaryshalt thou take them : (the shekel is twentygerahs:) And thou shalt givethe money, wherewith the odd numberof them is to be redeemed, unto Aaronand to his sons. And Mosestookthe redemptionmoneyofthem that were overand abovethem that were redeemedby the Levites: Ofthe firstbornof the childrenof Israeltookhe the money; a thousandthreehundredand threescoreand five shekels , after the shekelof the sanctuary: And Mosesgavethe moneyof them that were redeemedunto Aaronand to his sons, according tothe wordof the LORD, asthe LORDcommandedMoses.