Num. 3:1‑51• 1And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on 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 anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.
4And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father.
5And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;
7and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.
10And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
11And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;
13for every firstborn is mine. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast; mine shall they be: I am Jehovah.
14And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah,--as he had been commanded.
17And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.
19And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
24And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was: the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting.
26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance to the court, which surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof for all its service.
27And of Kohath, 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 six hundred, who kept the charge of the sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath encamped on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30And the prince of the father's house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its service.
32And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept 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 that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
35And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36And the charge of the sons of Merari consisted in the oversight of the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its bases, and all its furniture, and all that belongs to its service,
37and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords.
38And those who encamped before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, were Moses, and Aaron and his sons, who kept the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
39All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40And Jehovah said to Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites, instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
42And Moses numbered, as Jehovah had commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names, from a month old and upward, according to their numbering, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
45Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.
46And for those that are to be ransomed, the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are in excess over the Levites,
47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them,--twenty gerahs the shekel;
48and thou shalt give the money unto Aaron and unto his sons for those in excess among them who are to be ransomed.
49And Moses took the ransom-money from them that were over and above those who were ransomed by the Levites;
50of the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
51And Moses gave the money of them that were ransomed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the commandment of Jehovah,--as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Num. 3:1‑51)
Num. 4:1‑49• 1And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,
3from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
4This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.
5And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it;
6and shall put thereon a covering of badgers' skin, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put its staves to it.
7And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue; and put thereon the dishes, and the cups, and the bowls, and goblets of the drink-offering; and the continual bread shall be thereon.
8And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves to it.
9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;
10and they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put it upon a pole.
11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves to it.
12And they shall take all the instruments of service, wherewith they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put them upon a pole.
13And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon;
14and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they perform service about it: the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the bowls,--all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skin, and put its staves to it.
15And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp setteth forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting.
16And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil,--the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.
17And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
18Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,
19but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;
20but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.
21And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
22Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.
23From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.
24This shall be the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving, and in carrying:
25they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skin that is above upon it, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting,
26and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance, of the gate of the court, which surroundeth the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof, and all the instruments of their service; and all that is to be done for these things shall they perform.
27At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their carrying, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their carrying.
28This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;
30from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
31And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and bases thereof,
32and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords, all their instruments, according to all their service; and by name ye shall number to them the materials which are their charge to carry.
33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the assembly numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and according to their fathers' houses,
35from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting.
36And those that were numbered of them according to their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, every one that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, after their families, and according to their fathers' houses,
39from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,
40even those that were numbered of them, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.
41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,
43from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,
44even those that were numbered of them according to their families, were three thousand two hundred.
45These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.
46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, after their families and according to their fathers' houses,
47from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to serve in the work of the service, and in the work of carrying, in the tent of meeting,
48even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one for his service, and for his burden, and numbered by him, as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Num. 4:1‑49)
Num. 8:1‑26• 1And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying,
2Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
3And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
4And this was the work of the candlestick: it was of beaten gold; from its base to its flowers was it beaten work; according to the form which Jehovah had shewn Moses, so had he made the candlestick.
5And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: sprinkle upon them water of purification from sin; and they shall pass the razor over all their flesh, and shall wash their garments, and make themselves clean.
8And they shall take a young bullock and its oblation of fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.
9And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tent of meeting; and thou shalt gather together the whole assembly of the children of Israel.
10And thou shalt bring the Levites before Jehovah; and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites.
11And Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Jehovah from the children of Israel, and they shall perform the service of Jehovah.
12And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and thou shalt offer the one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, to Jehovah, to make atonement for the Levites.
13And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them as a wave-offering to Jehovah.
14And thou shalt separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, that the Levites may be mine.
15And afterwards shall the Levites come in to do the service of the tent of meeting. And thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them as a wave-offering.
16For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of every one that breaketh open the womb, instead of every firstborn among the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
17For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them to myself.
18And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons, from among the children of Israel, to perform the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel draw near to the sanctuary.
20And Moses and Aaron, and all the assembly of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites: so did the children of Israel to them.
21And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their garments; and Aaron offered them as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22And afterwards the Levites came in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons; as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them.
23And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
24This is that which concerneth the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward shall he come to labour in the work of the service of the tent of meeting.
25And from fifty years old he shall retire from the labour of the service, and shall serve no more;
26but he shall minister with his brethren in the tent of meeting, and keep the charge, but he shall not serve in the service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites with regard to their charges. (Num. 8:1‑26)
1 Chron. 6:1‑81• 1The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
4Eleazar begot Phinehas; Phinehas begot Abishua,
5and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,
6and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;
7Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
8and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,
9and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,
10and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem);
11and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
12and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,
13and Shallum begot Hilkijah, and Hilkijah begot Azariah,
14and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,
15and Jehozadak went away, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.
20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeathrai his son.
22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Saul his son.
25And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
26Elkanah,--the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.
29The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggijah his son, Asaiah his son.
31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.
32And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.
33And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
34the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
36the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
37the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
38the son of Jizhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,
40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
41the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,
46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49And Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;
55and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
56but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57And to the children of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,
58and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,
59and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs;
60and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.
61And to the children of Kohath that remained were given by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan and of the half tribe, half Manasseh, ten cities.
62And to the children of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.
65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which were mentioned by name.
66And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,
67they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,
68and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,
69and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;
70and out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs,--for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
71To the children of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs,
73and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;
74and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs,
75and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;
76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.
77To the children of Merari that remained were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, and Tabor and its suburbs;
78and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,
79and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;
80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,
81and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jaazer and its suburbs. (1 Chron. 6:1‑81)