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And these are the births of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with◦ Moses in Mount Sinai .
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And these are the names of the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn , and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron , the priests who were anointed , whose hand he filled to be··a··priest.
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And 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 were··priests before the face of Aaron their father .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Come··near with the tribe of Levi , and stand them before Aaron the priest , and they shall minister to him.
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And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of all the congregation before the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, to serve the service of the Habitation .
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And they shall keep all the vessels of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, and the charge of the sons of Israel , to serve the service of the Habitation .
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And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; given , they◦ are given to him from among the sons of Israel .
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And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood ; and the stranger who draws··near shall be put ··to··death.
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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And I◦, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens··up the womb from among the sons of Israel ; and the Levites shall be Mine;
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for all the firstborn are Mine. On◦ the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified for Myself all the firstborn in Israel , from man even··to beast . Mine they shall be; I◦ am Jehovah .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , saying,
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Number◦ the sons of Levi as··to the house of their fathers , as··to their families ; every male from a son of one month and upward shalt thou number◦ them.
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And Moses numbered◦ them according to the mouth of Jehovah , as◦ he was commanded .
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And these were the sons of Levi by their names ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon as··to their families ; Libni, and Shimei.
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And the sons of Kohath as··to their families ; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron , and Uzziel.
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And the sons of Merari as··to their families ; Mahli, and Mushi. These are they◦, the families of the Levites as··to the house of their fathers .
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To Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites; these are they◦, the families of the Gershonites.
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Those that were numbered◦ of them, by the number of every male, from a son of one month and upward, even those who were numbered◦ of them were seven thousand and five hundred .
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The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the Habitation toward the sea .
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And the chief of the house of the father of◦ the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦ shall be the Habitation , and the Tabernacle , its covering , and the sheltering for the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦,
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and the hangings◦ of the court , and the sheltering of the entrance of the court , which is by◦ the Habitation, and by◦ the altar all around, and its cords◦ for all the service of it.
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And of◦ Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these, they◦ are the families of the Kohathites.
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In the number of all the males, from a son of one month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred , keeping the charge of the sanctuary .
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp on the side* of the Habitation southward◦.
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And the chief of the house of the father of◦ the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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And their charge shall be the ark , and the table , and the lampstand , and the altars , and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister , and the sheltering, and all its service .
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief of chiefs of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary .
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Of◦ Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites; these—they◦ are the families of Merari.
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And those that were numbered of them, by the number◦ of all the males, from a son of one month and upward, were six thousand and two··hundred .
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And the chief of the house of the father of◦ the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail; these shall encamp on the side of the Habitation northward .
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And under the oversight and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the planks of the Habitation, and its bars , and its pillars , and its bases◦, and all its vessels , and all that is of service thereto,
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and the pillars of the court all around, and their bases◦, and their pegs , and their cords◦.
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But those who encamp before the Habitation toward the east, even before the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦ toward the sunrise , shall be Moses , and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel ; and the stranger who draws ··near shall··be··put ··to··death.
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All that were numbered◦ of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered◦ by◦ the mouth of Jehovah , as··to their families , all the males from a son of one month and upward, were two and twenty thousand .
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And Jehovah said to▵ Moses , Number◦ all the firstborn of the males of◦ the sons of Israel from a son of one month and upward, and take··up the number of their names .
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And thou shalt take the Levites for Me, I◦ am Jehovah , instead··of all the firstborn among◦ the sons of Israel ; and the beasts of the Levites instead··of all the firstborn among◦ the beasts of the sons of Israel .
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And Moses numbered◦, as◦ Jehovah commanded him, all the firstborn among◦ the sons of Israel .
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And all the firstborn males by the number of names , from a son of one month and upward, of◦ those that were numbered◦ of them, were two and twenty thousand , three and seventy and two ··hundred .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Take the Levites instead··of all the firstborn among◦ the sons of Israel , and the beast of the Levites instead··of their beast ; and the Levites shall be Mine; I◦ am Jehovah .
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And the redeemed◦, of the three and seventy and two··hundred of those left··over above the Levites from the firstborn of the sons of Israel ,
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thou shalt even▵ take five , five shekels as··to the poll*, by the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou◦ take them. Twenty gerahs is the shekel .
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and thou shalt give the silver , with which those left··over among◦ them are to be redeemed◦, to Aaron and to his sons.
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And Moses took the silver of the redemption◦ from the excess over those redeemed◦ of the Levites;
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from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the silver ; five and sixty and three hundred and a thousand , by the shekel of the sanctuary ;
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and Moses gave the silver of the redeemed◦ to Aaron and to his sons, by◦ the mouth of Jehovah , as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses .