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1 Dies ist das Geschlecht Aarons und Moses zu der Zeit, da der HERR mit Mose redete auf dem Berge Sinai.

2 Und dies sind die Namen der Söhne Aarons: Der Erstgeborne Nadab, danach Abihu, Eleazar und Ithamar.

3 Das sind die Namen der Söhne Aarons, die zu Priestern gesalbet waren und ihre Hände gefüllet zum Priestertum.

4 Aber Nadab und Abihu starben vor dem HERRN, da sie fremd Feuer opferten vor dem HERRN in der Wüste Sinai; und hatten keine Söhne. Eleazar aber und Ithamar pflegten des Priesteramts unter ihrem Vater Aaron.

5 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

6 Bringe den Stamm Levi herzu und stelle sie vor den Priester Aaron, daß sie ihm dienen

7 und seiner und der ganzen Gemeine Hut warten vor der Hütte des Stifts und dienen am Dienst der Wohnung;

8 und warten alles Gerätes der Hütte des Stifts und der Hut der Kinder Israel, zu dienen am Dienst der Wohnung.

9 Und sollst die Leviten Aaron und seinen Söhnen zuordnen zum Geschenk von den Kindern Israel.

10 Aaron aber und seine Söhne sollst du setzen, daß sie ihres Priestertums warten. Wo ein Fremder sich herzutut, der soll sterben.

11 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

12 Siehe, ich habe die Leviten genommen unter den Kindern Israel für alle Erstgeburt, die da Mutter brechen unter den Kindern Israel, also daß die Leviten sollen mein sein.

13 Denn die Erstgeburten sind mein, seit der Zeit ich alle Erstgeburt schlug in Ägyptenland; da heiligte ich mir alle Erstgeburt in Israel, von Menschen an bis auf das Vieh, daß sie mein sein sollen, ich der HERR.

14 Und der HERR redete mit Mose in der Wüste Sinai und sprach:

15 Zähle die Kinder Levi nach ihrer Väter Häusern und Geschlechtern, alles, was männlich ist, eines Monden alt und drüber.

16 Also zählete sie Mose nach dem Wort des HERRN, wie er geboten hatte.

17 Und waren dies die Kinder Levi mit Namen: Gerson, Kahath, Merari.

18 Die Namen aber der Kinder Gersons in ihrem Geschlecht waren: Libni und Simei.

19 Die Kinder Kahaths in ihrem Geschlecht waren: Amram, Jezehar, Hebron und Usiel.

20 Die Kinder Meraris in ihrem Geschlecht waren: Maheli und Musi. Dies sind die Geschlechter Levis nach, ihrer Väter Hause.

21 Dies sind die Geschlechter von Gerson: Die Libniter und Simeiter.

22 Deren Summa war an der Zahl funden siebentausend und fünfhundert, alles, was männlich war eines Monden alt und drüber.

23 Und dasselbe Geschlecht der Gersoniter sollen sich lagern hinter der Wohnung gegen den Abend.

24 Ihr Oberster sei Eliasaph, der Sohn Laels.

25 Und sie sollen warten an der Hütte des Stifts, nämlich der Wohnung und der Hütte und ihrer Decke und des Tuchs in der Tür der Hütte des Stifts,

26 des Umhangs am Vorhofe und des Tuchs in der Tür des Vorhofs, welcher um die Wohnung und um den Altar hergehet, und seiner Seile, und alles, was zu seinem Dienst gehöret.

27 Dies sind die Geschlechter von Kahath: Die Amramiten, die Jezehariten, die Hebroniten und Usieliten,

28 was männlich war, eines Monden alt und drüber, an der Zahl achttausend und sechshundert, die der Hut des Heiligtums warten.

29 Und sollen sich lagern an die Seite der Wohnung gegen Mittag.

30 Ihr Oberster sei Elizaphan, der Sohn Usiels.

31 Und sie sollen warten der Lade, des Tisches, des Leuchters, des Altars und alles Gerätes des Heiligtums, daran sie dienen, und des Tuchs, und was zu seinem Dienst gehöret.

32 Aber der Oberste über alle Obersten der Leviten soll Eleazar sein, Aarons Sohn, des Priesters, über die, so verordnet sind, zu warten der Hut des Heiligtums.

33 Dies sind die Geschlechter Meraris: Die Maheliter und Musiter,

34 die an der Zahl waren sechstausend und zweihundert, alles, was männlich war, eines Monden alt und drüber.

35 Ihr Oberster sei Zuriel, der Sohn Abihails. Und sollen sich lagern an die Seite der Wohnung gegen Mitternacht.

36 Und ihr Amt soll sein, zu warten der Bretter und Riegel und Säulen und Füße der Wohnung und alles seines Gerätes und seines Dienstes,

37 dazu der Säulen um den Vorhof her mit den Füßen und Nägeln und Seilen.

38 Aber vor der Wohnung und vor der Hütte des Stifts gegen Morgen sollen sich lagern Mose und Aaron und seine Söhne, daß sie des Heiligtums warten und der Kinder Israel. Wenn sich ein Fremder herzutut, der soll sterben,

39 Alle Leviten in der Summa, die Mose und Aaron zähleten nach ihren Geschlechtern, nach dem Wort des HERRN, eitel Männlein, eines Monden alt und drüber, waren zweiundzwanzigtausend.

40 Und der HERR sprach zu Mose: Zähle alle Erstgeburt, was männlich ist unter den Kindern Israel, eines Monden alt und drüber, und nimm die Zahl ihrer Namen.

41 Und sollst die Leviten mir, dem HERRN, aussondern für alle Erstgeburt der Kinder Israel und der Leviten Vieh für alle Erstgeburt unter dem Vieh der Kinder Israel,

42 Und Mose zählete, wie ihm der HERR geboten hatte, alle Erstgeburt unter den Kindern Israel;

43 und fand sich an der Zahl der Namen aller Erstgeburt, was männlich war, eines Monden alt und drüber, in ihrer Summa zweiundzwanzigtausend zweihundertunddreiundsiebenzig.

44 Und der HERR redete mit Mose und sprach:

45 Nimm die Leviten für alle Erstgeburt unter den Kindern Israel und das Vieh der Leviten für ihr Vieh, daß die Leviten mein, des HERRN, seien.

46 Aber das Lösegeld von den zweihundertdreiundsiebenzig überlängen Erstgeburten der Kinder Israel über der Leviten Zahl

47 sollst du je fünf Sekel nehmen von Haupt zu Haupt, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums (zwanzig Gera gilt ein Sekel),

48 und sollst dasselbe Geld, das überläng ist über ihre Zahl, geben Aaron und seinen Söhnen.

49 Da nahm Mose das Lösegeld, das überläng war über der Leviten Zahl,

50 von den Erstgeburten der Kinder Israel, tausend dreihundertundfünfundsechzig Sekel, nach dem Sekel des Heiligtums,

51 und gab's Aaron und seinen Söhnen nach dem Wort des HERRN, wie der HERR Mose geboten hatte.

   

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10017. 'And the priesthood shall be theirs' means the stages, following one after another, of the Lord's work of salvation. This is clear from the meaning of 'the priesthood' or 'the priestly office' as that which is representative of the Lord's whole work of salvation, dealt with in 9809. The reason why the stages following one after another is meant is that the priesthood of Aaron's sons is the subject here, and his sons represent the things which emanate and so follow in order one after another, 9807. The situation in all this is that the priesthood which Aaron represents consists in the work of saving those who are in the Lord's celestial kingdom, this kingdom being the proper meaning in the Word of 'a kingdom of priests'. But the priesthood which Aaron's sons represent consists in the work of saving those who are in the Lord's spiritual kingdom emanating directly from His celestial kingdom. From this it is evident that 'the priesthood' is used in the present instance to mean the stages, following one after another, of the Lord's work of salvation. But the priesthood which the Levites represent consists in the Lord's work of salvation at a further stage.

[2] There are three realities which follow one another in order. These are the celestial, which is the good of love to the Lord; the spiritual, which is the good of charity towards the neighbour; and the natural springing from these, which is the good of faith. Since these three are realities which follow one another in order there are also three heavens, and in them the types of good follow in that order. The work of saving those with whom celestial good exists is represented by Aaron's priesthood; but the work of saving those with whom spiritual good exists is represented by the priesthood of Aaron's sons, and the work of saving those with whom the natural good springing from these exists is represented by the priesthood of the Levites. And since the things following one another in order emanate from the good of love to the Lord, which is represented by Aaron and his priesthood, it is said of the Levites that they were given to Aaron. For things which emanate belong to that from which they emanate; such emanations or stages following one after another owe their very existence to that source, as accords with what has been stated a little above in 10011. The fact that the Levites were given to Aaron and his sons to perform priestly duties under them, see Numbers 3:1-end.

  
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1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.

2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

4 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

6 "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

7 They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

12 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."

14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

15 "Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."

16 Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was commanded.

17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

24 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

27 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 are the families of the Kohathites.

28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.

30 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.

32 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.

33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.

34 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

35 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

40 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

41 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."

42 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

43 All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.

44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

45 "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.

46 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,

47 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

48 and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."

49 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.