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But Nadab and Abihudiedbefore the LORD when they offeredstrangefirebefore the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they hadnochildren. So Eleazar and Ithamarserved as priests in the lifetime of their fatherAaron.
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"Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israelinstead of everyfirstborn, the firstissue of the wombamong the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.
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"For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struckdownall the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD."
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Then the LORDspoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
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Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,
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and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the courtwhich is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them.
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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 were the families of the Kohathites.
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Now their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service concerning them;
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and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the chief of the leaders of Levi, and had the oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary.
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The leader of the fathers'households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northwardside of the tabernacle.
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Now the appointedduties of the sons of Merari involved the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its equipment, and the service concerning them,
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Now those who were to campbefore the tabernacleeastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the laymancomingnear was to be put to death.
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All the numbered men of the Levites, whomMoses and Aaronnumbered at the command of the LORD by their families, everymale from a monthold and upward, were 22,000**.
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"You shall take the Levites for Me, I am the LORD, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levitesinstead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel."