¹ And Jehovah said to^▵ Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh; for by a firm hand shall he send· them ·away, and by a firm hand shall he drive· them ·out of his land.

² And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am Jehovah.

³ And was seen by Abraham, by Isaac, and by Jacob, in God Shaddai; and by my name Jehovah I was· not ·known to them^*.

⁴ And I also raised·​·up My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojournings, in which they sojourned.

⁵ And I have also heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians make to serve; and I have remembered My covenant.

⁶ Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I^◦ am Jehovah, and I will cause you to go·​·out from under the burdens^◦ of the Egyptians, and I will rescue you from their servitude; and I will redeem you with a stretched·​·out arm, and with great judgments.

⁷ And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you for God, and you shall·​·know that I am Jehovah your God, who leads you out from under the burdens^◦ of Egypt.

⁸ And I will bring you to the land where I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am Jehovah.

⁹ And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel; and they heard not Moses for distress of spirit, and for hard service.

¹⁰ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

¹¹ Come, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and let him send the sons of Israel out of his land.

¹² And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Behold the sons of Israel have not hearkened to^▵ me; and how^◦ shall Pharaoh hearken to^▵ me, and I^◦ uncircumcised of lips?

¹³ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a command to the sons of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to lead out the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

¹⁴ These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Enoch and Pallu, Chezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben.

¹⁵ And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman; these are the families of Simeon.

¹⁶ And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were seven and thirty and a hundred years.

¹⁷ The sons of Gershon; Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izehar, and Hebron, and Uzziel; and the years of the life of Kohath were three and thirty and a hundred years.

¹⁹ And the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their births.

²⁰ And Amram took Jochebed his aunt to him for a woman; and she gave·​·birth for him to Aaron and Moses; and the years of the life of Amram were seven and thirty and a hundred years.

²¹ And the sons of Izehar: Korah and Nepheg, and Zichri.

²² And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

²³ And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Aminadab, the sister of Nahshon, for a woman; and for him she gave·​·birth to Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²⁴ And the sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites.

²⁵ And Eleazar the son of Aaron took to himself from the daughters of Putiel to himself for a woman; and for him she gave·​·birth to Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers of the Levites for their families.

²⁶ This^◦ is the Aaron and Moses to whom Jehovah said, bring·​·out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.

²⁷ These are those who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to lead out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt. This is the Moses and Aaron.

²⁸ And it was, in the day that Jehovah spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt,

²⁹ and Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah; speak thou to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to thee.

³⁰ And Moses said before Jehovah, Behold I am uncircumcised in lips, and how^◦ shall Pharaoh hear me?

¹ Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Elezar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

³ And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

⁴ And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

⁵ Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

⁶ And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

⁷ Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

⁸ The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

⁹ The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

¹⁰ The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

¹¹ The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

¹² The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

¹³ The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

¹⁴ The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

¹⁵ The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

¹⁶ The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

¹⁷ The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

¹⁸ The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.

¹⁹ These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁰ And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

²¹ Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.

²² Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

²³ And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

²⁴ Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

²⁵ The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

²⁶ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

²⁷ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

²⁸ Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.

²⁹ Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.

³⁰ The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

³¹ These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.