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These also are the generations[H8435] of Aaron[H175] and Moses[H4872] in the day[H3117] that the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] with Moses[H4872] in mount[H2022]Sinai[H5514].
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And these are the names[H8034] of the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175]; Nadab[H5070] the firstborn[H1060], and Abihu[H30], Eleazar[H499], and Ithamar[H385].
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These are the names[H8034] of the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175], the priests[H3548] which were anointed[H4886], whom he consecrated[H4390] to minister in the priest's office[H3547].
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And Nadab[H5070] and Abihu[H30]died[H4191]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], when they offered[H7126]strange[H2114]fire[H784]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], in the wilderness[H4057] of Sinai[H5514], and they had no children[H1121]: and Eleazar[H499] and Ithamar[H385] ministered in the priest's office[H3547] in the sight[H6440] of Aaron[H175] their father[H1].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
6Bring[H7126] the tribe[H4294] of Levi[H3878]near[H7126], and present[H5975] them before[H6440]Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548], that they may minister[H8334] unto him.
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And they shall keep[H8104] his charge[H4931], and the charge[H4931] of the whole congregation[H5712]before[H6440] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H4908].
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And they shall keep[H8104] all the instruments[H3627] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and the charge[H4931] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the tabernacle[H4908].
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And thou shalt give[H5414] the Levites[H3881] unto Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121]: they are wholly given[H5414] unto him out of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And thou shalt appoint[H6485]Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121], and they shall wait on[H8104] their priest's office[H3550]: and the stranger[H2114] that cometh nigh[H7131] shall be put to death[H4191].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
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And I, behold, I have taken[H3947] the Levites[H3881] from among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] instead of all the firstborn[H1060] that openeth[H6363] the matrix[H7358]among[H8432] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: therefore the Levites[H3881] shall be mine;
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Because all the firstborn[H1060] are mine; for on the day[H3117] that I smote[H5221] all the firstborn[H1060] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] I hallowed[H6942] unto me all the firstborn[H1060] in Israel[H3478], both man[H120] and beast[H929]: mine shall they be: I am the LORD[H3068].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] in the wilderness[H4057] of Sinai[H5514], saying[H559],
15Number[H6485] the children[H1121] of Levi[H3878] after the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1], by their families[H4940]: every male[H2145] from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] shalt thou number[H6485] them.
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And Moses[H4872]numbered[H6485] them according to the word[H6310] of the LORD[H3068], as he was commanded[H6680].
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And these were the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878] by their names[H8034]; Gershon[H1648], and Kohath[H6955], and Merari[H4847].
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And these are the names[H8034] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648] by their families[H4940]; Libni[H3845], and Shimei[H8096].
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And the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] by their families[H4940]; Amram[H6019], and Izehar[H3324], Hebron[H2275], and Uzziel[H5816].
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And the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847] by their families[H4940]; Mahli[H4249], and Mushi[H4187]. These are[H1992] the families[H4940] of the Levites[H3881] according to the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1].
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Of Gershon[H1648] was the family[H4940] of the Libnites[H3846], and the family[H4940] of the Shimites[H8097]: these are the families[H4940] of the Gershonites[H1649].
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Those that were numbered[H6485] of them, according to the number[H4557] of all the males[H2145], from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], even those that were numbered[H6485] of them were seven[H7651]thousand[H505] and five[H2568]hundred[H3967].
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The families[H4940] of the Gershonites[H1649] shall pitch[H2583]behind[H310] the tabernacle[H4908]westward[H3220].
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And the chief[H5387] of the house[H1004] of the father[H1] of the Gershonites[H1649] shall be Eliasaph[H460] the son[H1121] of Lael[H3815].
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And the charge[H4931] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150] shall be the tabernacle[H4908], and the tent[H168], the covering[H4372] thereof, and the hanging[H4539] for the door[H6607] of the tabernacle[H4908] of the congregation[H4150],
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And the hangings[H7050] of the court[H2691], and the curtain[H4539] for the door[H6607] of the court[H2691], which is by the tabernacle[H4908], and by the altar[H4196] round about[H5439], and the cords[H4340] of it for all the service[H5656] thereof.
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And of Kohath[H6955] was the family[H4940] of the Amramites[H6020], and the family[H4940] of the Izeharites[H3325], and the family[H4940] of the Hebronites[H2276], and the family[H4940] of the Uzzielites[H5817]: these are the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956].
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In the number[H4557] of all the males[H2145], from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], were eight[H8083]thousand[H505] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967], keeping[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H6944].
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The families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] shall pitch[H2583] on the side[H3409] of the tabernacle[H4908]southward[H8486].
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And the chief[H5387] of the house[H1004] of the father[H1] of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956] shall be Elizaphan[H469] the son[H1121] of Uzziel[H5816].
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And their charge[H4931] shall be the ark[H727], and the table[H7979], and the candlestick[H4501], and the altars[H4196], and the vessels[H3627] of the sanctuary[H6944] wherewith they minister[H8334], and the hanging[H4539], and all the service[H5656] thereof.
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And Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548] shall be chief[H5387] over the chief[H5387] of the Levites[H3881], and have the oversight[H6486] of them that keep[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H6944].
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Of Merari[H4847] was the family[H4940] of the Mahlites[H4250], and the family[H4940] of the Mushites[H4188]: these are the families[H4940] of Merari[H4847].
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And those that were numbered[H6485] of them, according to the number[H4557] of all the males[H2145], from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], were six[H8337]thousand[H505] and two hundred[H3967].
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And the chief[H5387] of the house[H1004] of the father[H1] of the families[H4940] of Merari[H4847] was Zuriel[H6700] the son[H1121] of Abihail[H32]: these shall pitch[H2583] on the side[H3409] of the tabernacle[H4908]northward[H6828].
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And under the custody[H6486] and charge[H4931] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847] shall be the boards[H7175] of the tabernacle[H4908], and the bars[H1280] thereof, and the pillars[H5982] thereof, and the sockets[H134] thereof, and all the vessels[H3627] thereof, and all that serveth[H5656] thereto,
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And the pillars[H5982] of the court[H2691] round about[H5439], and their sockets[H134], and their pins[H3489], and their cords[H4340].
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But those that encamp[H2583]before[H6440] the tabernacle[H4908] toward the east[H6924], even before[H6440] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]eastward[H4217], shall be Moses[H4872], and Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121], keeping[H8104] the charge[H4931] of the sanctuary[H4720] for the charge[H4931] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the stranger[H2114] that cometh nigh[H7131] shall be put to death[H4191].
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All that were numbered[H6485] of the Levites[H3881], which Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175]numbered[H6485] at the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068], throughout their families[H4940], all the males[H2145] from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], were twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]thousand[H505].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Number[H6485] all the firstborn[H1060] of the males[H2145] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], and take[H5375] the number[H4557] of their names[H8034].
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And thou shalt take[H3947] the Levites[H3881] for me(I am the LORD[H3068]) instead of all the firstborn[H1060] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]; and the cattle[H929] of the Levites[H3881] instead of all the firstlings[H1060] among the cattle[H929] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And Moses[H4872]numbered[H6485], as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680] him, all the firstborn[H1060] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And all the firstborn[H1060]males[H2145] by the number[H4557] of names[H8034], from a month[H2320]old[H1121] and upward[H4605], of those that were numbered[H6485] of them, were twenty[H6242] and two[H8147]thousand[H505]two[H8147]hundred[H3967] and threescore and thirteen[H7657].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
45Take[H3947] the Levites[H3881] instead of all the firstborn[H1060] among the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and the cattle[H929] of the Levites[H3881] instead of their cattle[H929]; and the Levites[H3881] shall be mine: I am the LORD[H3068].
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And for those that are to be redeemed[H6302] of the two hundred[H3967] and threescore and thirteen[H7657] of the firstborn[H1060] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], which are more[H5736]than[H5921] the Levites[H3881];
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Thou shalt even take[H3947]five[H2568]shekels[H8255] apiece by the poll[H1538], after the shekel[H8255] of the sanctuary[H6944] shalt thou take[H3947] them:(the shekel[H8255] is twenty[H6242]gerahs[H1626]:)
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And thou shalt give[H5414] the money[H3701], wherewith the odd number[H5736] of them is to be redeemed[H6302], unto Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121].
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And Moses[H4872]took[H3947] the redemption[H6306]money[H3701] of them that were over[H5736] and above them that were redeemed[H6302] by the Levites[H3881]:
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Of the firstborn[H1060] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]took[H3947] he the money[H3701]; a thousand[H505]three[H7969]hundred[H3967] and threescore[H8346] and five[H2568] shekels, after the shekel[H8255] of the sanctuary[H6944]:
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And Moses[H4872]gave[H5414] the money[H3701] of them that were redeemed[H6302] unto Aaron[H175] and to his sons[H1121], according to the word[H6310] of the LORD[H3068], as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872].