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1 This is the lineage of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
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These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar;
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And 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 anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister as priests.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.
4 Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered unholy fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.
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And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.
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Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
7 They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, doing service at the tabernacle;
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And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 they shall be in charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and attend to the duties for the Israelites as they do service at the tabernacle.
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And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.
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And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
10 But you shall make a register of Aaron and his descendants; it is they who shall attend to the priesthood, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
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And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I hereby accept the Levites from among the Israelites as substitutes for all the firstborn that open the womb among the Israelites. The Levites shall be mine,
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And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
13 for all the firstborn are mine; when I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both human and animal; they shall be mine. I am the Lord.
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Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 Enroll the Levites by ancestral houses and by clans. You shall enroll every male from a month old and upward.
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Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16 So Moses enrolled them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
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And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
17 The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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And 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 clans: Libni and Shimei.
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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 The sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.
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And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.
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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22 Their enrollment, counting all the males from a month old and upward, was seven thousand five hundred.
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Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23 The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,
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The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 with Eliasaph son of Lael as head of the ancestral house of the Gershonites.
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And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 The responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
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And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the entrance of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service pertaining to these.
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And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; these are the clans of the Kohathites.
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And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
28 Counting all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.
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In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30 with Elizaphan son of Uzziel as head of the ancestral house of the clans of the Kohathites.
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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.
31 Their responsibility was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen—all the service pertaining to these.
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And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
32 Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.
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And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
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Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
34 Their enrollment, counting all the males from a month old and upward, was six thousand two hundred.
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And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
35 The head of the ancestral house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
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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 pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
36 The responsibility assigned to the sons of Merari was to be the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories—all the service pertaining to these;
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And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
37 also the pillars of the court all around, with their bases and pegs and cords.
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And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38 Those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east—in front of the tent of meeting toward the east—were Moses and Aaron and Aaron's sons, having charge of the rites within the sanctuary, whatever had to be done for the Israelites; and any outsider who came near was to be put to death.
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But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
39 The total enrollment of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron enrolled at the commandment of the Lord, by their clans, all the males from a month old and upward, was twenty-two thousand.
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All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40 Then the Lord said to Moses: Enroll all the firstborn males of the Israelites, from a month old and upward, and count their names.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 But you shall accept the Levites for me—I am the Lord—as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the livestock of the Israelites.
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And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) 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.
42 So Moses enrolled all the firstborn among the Israelites, as the Lord commanded him.
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And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 The total enrollment, all the firstborn males from a month old and upward, counting the number of names, was twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
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And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
45 Accept the Levites as substitutes for all the firstborn among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites as substitutes for their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
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Take 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 the LORD.
46 As the price of redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the Israelites, over and above the number of the Levites,
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And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
47 you shall accept five shekels apiece, reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary, a shekel of twenty gerahs.
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Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
48 Give to Aaron and his sons the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed.
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And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites;
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And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
50 from the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, reckoned by the shekel of the sanctuary;
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Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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