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¹Rab'bin Sina Dağı'nda Musa ile konuştuğu gün Harun ve Musa'nın soyları şunlardı:

²Harun'un oğullarının adları şunlardı: İlk doğan Nadab, ve Abioud, Eleazar ve Ithamar.

³Harun'un oğullarının adları bunlardı; kâhinlik etmek üzere elleri yetkilendirilip meshedilmiş kâhinler bunlardı.

⁴Nadab ile Abioud, Sina Çölü'nde Rab'bin önünde yabancı ateş sunduklarında Rab'bin önünde öldüler ve çocukları yoktu; Eleazar ile Ithamar, babaları Harun'un yanında kâhinlik ettiler.

⁵Rab Musa'ya şöyle seslendi:

⁶"Levi oymağını al ve onları Kâhin Harun'un önüne yerleştir ki ona hizmet etsinler.

⁷Tanıklık Çadırı'nın önünde onun görevlerini ve bütün İsrailoğulları'nın görevlerini yerine getirecekler ve çadırın işlerini yapacaklar.

⁸Tanıklık Çadırı'nın bütün eşyalarını koruyacaklar ve çadırın her türlü işinde İsrailoğulları'nın görevlerini yerine getirecekler.

⁹Levilileri Harun'a ve kâhin olan oğullarına vereceksin; onlar İsrailoğulları arasından bana tamamen bağışlanmış birer armağandır.

¹⁰Harun'u ve oğullarını Tanıklık Çadırı'nın üzerine atayacaksın; kâhinlik görevlerini, sunakla ilgili her şeyi ve perdenin iç tarafındaki her şeyi yerine getirecekler; dokunan yabancı ise öldürülecektir."

¹¹Rab Musa'ya şöyle seslendi:

¹²"İşte, İsrailoğulları arasından rahmi açan her ilk doğanın yerine Levilileri İsrailoğulları'nın arasından aldım; onlar onların fidyeleri olacak ve Levililer benim olacak.

¹³Çünkü her ilk doğan benimdir; Mısır ülkesinde her ilk doğanı vurduğum gün, İsrail'deki insandan hayvana kadar her ilk doğanı kendime kutsadım; benim olacaklar, ben Rab'bim."

¹⁴Rab Sina Çölü'nde Musa'ya şöyle seslendi:

¹⁵"Levi oğullarını babalarının evlerine, boylarına ve akrabalıklarına göre say; bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki her erkeği sayın."

¹⁶Musa ve Harun, Rab'bin kendilerine buyurduğu gibi, Rab'bin sözü uyarınca onları saydılar.

¹⁷Adlarına göre Levi'nin oğulları şunlardı: Gedson, Kaath ve Merari.

¹⁸Boylarına göre Gerson'un oğullarının adları şunlardı: Lobeni ve Semei.

¹⁹Boylarına göre Kaath'ın oğulları: Amram ve Issaar, Khebron ve Oziel.

²⁰Boylarına göre Merari'nin oğulları: Mooli ve Mousi; babalarının evlerine göre Levililerin boyları bunlardı.

²¹Gerson'a Lobeni boyu ve Semei boyu aitti; Gedson'un boyları bunlardı.

²²Bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki her erkeğin sayısına göre yapılan sayımlarında, sayılanlar yedi bin beş yüz kişiydi.

²³Gerson oğulları, çadırın arkasında, batı tarafında ordugah kuracaklardı.

²⁴Gedson boyunun babalar evinin önderi, Dael oğlu Elisaph'tı.

²⁵Gedson oğullarının Tanıklık Çadırı'ndaki görevi şunları kapsıyordu: Çadır, örtüsü ve Tanıklık Çadırı'nın kapısının perdesi,

²⁶avlunun perdeleri, çadırın yanındaki avlu kapısının perdesi ve onunla ilgili her türlü işin geri kalan kısmı.

²⁷Kaath'a Amram boyu bir, Issaar boyu bir, Khebron boyu bir ve Oziel boyu bir aitti; sayılarına göre Kaath'ın boyları bunlardı.

²⁸Bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki bütün erkeklerin sayısı sekiz bin altı yüzdü; bunlar kutsal yerin hizmetini yerine getirmekle görevliydiler.

²⁹Kaath oğullarının boyları, çadırın güney tarafında ordugah kuracaklardı.

³⁰Kaath boylarının babalar evinin önderi, Oziel oğlu Elisaphan'dı.

³¹Onların sorumluluğu şunlardı: Sandık, masa, kandillik, sunaklar, hizmette kullandıkları kutsal yerin eşyaları, perde ve bunlarla ilgili her türlü iş.

³²Levililerin önderlerinin başı, Kâhin Harun'un oğlu Eleazar'dı; kutsal yerin hizmetini gözetenlerin başına atanmıştı.

³³Merari'ye Mooli boyu ve Mousi boyu aitti; Merari'nin boyları bunlardı.

³⁴Sayılarına göre sayılan bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki bütün erkekler altı bin elli kişiydi.

³⁵Merari boyunun babalar evinin önderi, Abikhail oğlu Souriel'di; çadırın kuzey tarafında ordugah kuracaklardı.

³⁶Merari oğullarının gözetim ve sorumluluğuna şunlar verildi: Çadırın başlıkları, kirişleri, direkleri, tabanları, bütün eşyaları ve bunlarla ilgili her türlü iş,

³⁷çevre avlunun direkleri, tabanları, kazıkları ve ipleri.

³⁸Tanıklık Çadırı'nın önünde, doğu tarafında ordugah kuracak olanlar Musa, Harun ve oğullarıydı; İsrailoğulları adına kutsal yerin hizmetini yerine getireceklerdi; dokunan yabancı ise öldürülecektir.

³⁹Musa and Harun'un, Rab'bin sözü uyarınca boylarına göre saydığı Levililerin tamamı, bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki bütün erkekler, yirmi iki bin kişiydi.

⁴⁰Rab Musa'ya şöyle dedi: "İsrailoğulları'nın bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki bütün ilk doğan erkeklerini say ve adlarının listesini çıkar.

⁴¹İsrailoğulları'nın bütün ilk doğanlarının yerine Levilileri bana alacaksın, ben Rab'bim, ve İsrailoğulları'nın hayvanlarının bütün ilk doğanlarının yerine Levililerin hayvanlarını alacaksın."

⁴²Musa, Rab'bin kendisine buyurduğu gibi İsrailoğulları'nın bütün ilk doğanlarını saydı.

⁴³Bir aylık ve daha yukarı yaştaki bütün ilk doğan erkeklerin adlarına göre yapılan sayımda, sayılanlar yirmi iki bin iki yüz yetmiş üç kişiydi.

⁴⁴Rab Musa'ya şöyle seslendi:

⁴⁵"Levilileri İsrailoğulları'nın bütün ilk doğanlarının yerine, Levililerin hayvanlarını da onların hayvanlarının yerine al; Levililer benim olacak, ben Rab'bim.

⁴⁶İsrailoğulları'nın ilk doğanlarından, Levililerin sayısını aşan iki yüz yetmiş üç kişinin fidyesi için,

⁴⁷kişi başına beşer şekel alacaksın; bunu kutsal didrahma uyarınca alacaksın, bir şekel yirmi obolostur.

⁴⁸Sayıyı aşanların fidye parasını Harun'a ve oğullarına vereceksin."

⁴⁹Böylece Musa, Levililerin fidye ile kurtardıklarının sayısını aşanların fidye parasını aldı.

⁵⁰Gümüşü İsrailoğulları'nın ilk doğanlarından aldı; kutsal şekel uyarınca bin üç yüz altmış beş şekel tuttu.

⁵¹Musa, Rab'bin Musa'ya buyurduğu gibi, Rab'bin sözü uyarınca artakalanların fidye parasını Harun'a ve oğullarına verdi.

¹ΚΑΙ αὗται αἱ γενέσεις ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ Μωυσῆ, ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐλάλησε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ ἐν ὄρει Σινά.

²καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ααρών· πρωτότοκος Ναδάβ, καὶ ᾿Αβιούδ, ᾿Ελεάζαρ, καὶ ᾿Ιθάμαρ.

³ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ααρών, οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ ἠλειμμένοι, οὓς ἐτελείωσαν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἱερατεύειν.

⁴καὶ ἐτελεύτησε Ναδὰβ καὶ ᾿Αβιοὺδ ἔναντι Κυρίου, προσφερόντων αὐτῶν πῦρ ἀλλότριον ἔναντι Κυρίου ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Σινά, καὶ παιδία οὐκ ἦν αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἱεράτευσεν ᾿Ελεάζαρ καὶ ᾿Ιθάμαρ μετὰ ᾿Ααρὼν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν.

⁵καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

⁶λάβε τὴν φυλὴν Λευὶ καὶ στήσεις αὐτοὺς ἐναντίον ᾿Ααρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως καὶ λειτουργήσουσιν αὐτῷ,

⁷καὶ φυλάξουσι τὰς φυλακὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἔναντι τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, ἐργάζεσθαι τὰ ἔργα τῆς σκηνῆς.

⁸καὶ φυλάξουσι πάντα τὰ σκεύη τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ κατὰ πάντα τὰ ἔργα τῆς σκηνῆς.

⁹καὶ δώσεις τοὺς Λευίτας ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἱερεῦσι· δεδομένοι δόμα οὗτοί μοί εἰσιν ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

¹⁰καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καταστήσεις ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὴν ἱερατείαν αὐτῶν καὶ πάντα τὰ κατὰ τὸν βωμὸν καὶ ἔσω τοῦ καταπετάσματος· καὶ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς ὁ ἁπτόμενος ἀποθανεῖται.

¹¹καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

¹²καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ εἴληφα τοὺς Λευίτας ἐκ μέσου τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀντὶ παντὸς πρωτοτόκου διανοίγοντος μήτραν παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ· λύτρα αὐτῶν ἔσονται καὶ ἔσονται ἐμοὶ οἱ Λευῖται·

¹³ἐμοὶ γὰρ πᾶν πρωτότοκον· ἐν ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐπάταξα πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτου, ἡγίασα ἐμοὶ πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕως κτήνους· ἐμοὶ ἔσονται, ἐγὼ Κύριος.

¹⁴καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Σινὰ λέγων·

¹⁵ἐπίσκεψαι τοὺς υἱοὺς Λευὶ κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν, κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, κατὰ συγγενείας αὐτῶν· πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω ἐπισκέψασθε αὐτούς.

¹⁶καὶ ἐπεσκέψαντο αὐτοὺς Μωυσῆς καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν διὰ φωνῆς Κυρίου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξεν αὐτοῖς Κύριος.

¹⁷καὶ ἦσαν οὗτοι οἱ υἱοὶ Λευὶ ἐξ ὀνομάτων αὐτῶν· Γεδσών, Καάθ, καὶ Μεραρί.

¹⁸καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Γερσὼν κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· Λοβενὶ καὶ Σεμεΐ.

¹⁹καὶ υἱοὶ Καὰθ κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· ᾿Αμρὰμ καὶ ᾿Ισσαάρ, Χεβρὼν καὶ ᾿Οζιήλ.

²⁰καὶ υἱοὶ Μεραρὶ κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν· Μοολὶ καὶ Μουσί. οὗτοί εἰσι δῆμοι τῶν Λευιτῶν κατ’ οἴκους πατριῶν αὐτῶν.

²¹τῷ Γερσὼν δῆμος τοῦ Λοβενὶ καὶ δῆμος τοῦ Σεμεΐ· οὗτοι οἱ δῆμοι τοῦ Γεδσών.

²²ἡ ἐπίσκεψις αὐτῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν παντὸς ἀρσενικοῦ ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω, ἡ ἐπίσκεψις αὐτῶν ἑπτακισχίλιοι καὶ πεντακόσιοι.

²³καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Γερσὼν ὀπίσω τῆς σκηνῆς παρεμβαλοῦσι παρὰ θάλασσαν,

²⁴καὶ ὁ ἄρχων οἴκου πατριᾶς τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Γεδσών, ῾Ελισὰφ υἱὸς Δαήλ.

²⁵καὶ ἡ φυλακὴ υἱῶν Γεδσὼν ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου· ἡ σκηνὴ καὶ τὸ κάλυμμα, καὶ τὸ κατακάλυμμα τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου

²⁶καὶ τὰ ἱστία τῆς αὐλῆς καὶ τὸ καταπέτασμα τῆς πύλης τῆς αὐλῆς τῆς οὔσης ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τὰ κατάλοιπα πάντων τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ.

²⁷τῷ Καὰθ δῆμος ὁ ᾿Αμρὰν εἷς, καὶ δῆμος ὁ ᾿Ισαὰρ εἷς, καὶ δῆμος ὁ Χεβρὼν εἷς, καὶ δῆμος ὁ ᾿Οζιὴλ εἷς· οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ δῆμοι τοῦ Καάθ, κατὰ ἀριθμόν.

²⁸πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω, ὀκτακισχίλιοι καὶ ἐξακόσιοι φυλάσσοντες τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν ἁγίων.

²⁹οἱ δῆμοι τῶν υἱῶν Καὰθ παρεμβαλοῦσιν ἐκ πλαγίων τῆς σκηνῆς κατὰ λίβα,

³⁰καὶ ὁ ἄρχων οἴκου πατριῶν τῶν δήμων τοῦ Καὰθ ῾Ελισαφάν, υἱὸς ᾿Οζιήλ.

³¹καὶ ἡ φυλακὴ αὐτῶν, ἡ κιβωτὸς καὶ ἡ τράπεζα καὶ ἡ λυχνία καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια καὶ τὰ σκεύη τοῦ ἁγίου, ὅσα λειτουργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ τὸ κατακάλυμμα καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν.

³²καὶ ὁ ἄρχων ἐπὶ τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν Λευιτῶν, ᾿Ελεάζαρ ὁ υἱὸς ᾿Ααρὼν τοῦ ἱερέως, καθεσταμένος φυλάσσειν τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν ἁγίων.

³³τῷ Μεραρὶ δῆμος ὁ Μοολὶ καὶ δῆμος ὁ Μουσί· οὗτοί εἰσι δῆμοι τοῦ Μεραρί.

³⁴ἡ ἐπίσκεψις αὐτῶν κατὰ ἀριθμόν, πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω, ἑξακισχίλιοι καὶ πεντήκοντα·

³⁵καὶ ὁ ἄρχων οἴκου πατριῶν τοῦ δήμου τοῦ Μεραρί, Σουριὴλ υἱὸς ᾿Αβιχαίλ· ἐκ πλαγίων τῆς σκηνῆς παρεμβαλοῦσι πρὸς βορρᾶν.

³⁶ἡ ἐπίσκεψις τῆς φυλακῆς υἱῶν Μεραρί, τὰς κεφαλίδας τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ τοὺς μοχλοὺς αὐτῆς καὶ τοὺς στύλους αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰς βάσεις αὐτῆς καὶ πάντα τὰ σκεύη αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν

³⁷καὶ τοὺς στύλους τῆς αὐλῆς κύκλῳ καὶ τὰς βάσεις αὐτῶν καὶ τοὺς πασσάλους καὶ τοὺς κάλους αὐτῶν.

³⁸οἱ παρεμβάλλοντες κατὰ πρόσωπον τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἀπὸ ἀνατολῆς, Μωυσῆς καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ φυλάσσοντες τὰς φυλακὰς τοῦ ἁγίου εἰς τὰς φυλακὰς τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ· καὶ ὁ ἀλλογενὴς ὁ ἁπτόμενος ἀποθανεῖται.

³⁹πᾶσα ἡ ἐπίσκεψις τῶν Λευιτῶν, οὓς ἐπεσκέψατο Μωυσῆς καὶ ᾿Ααρὼν διὰ φωνῆς Κυρίου κατὰ δήμους αὐτῶν, πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω, δύο καὶ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες.

⁴⁰Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων· ἐπίσκεψαι πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἄρσεν τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω καὶ λάβε τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐξ ὀνόματος·

⁴¹καὶ λήψῃ τοὺς Λευίτας ἐμοί, ἐγὼ Κύριος, ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῶν Λευιτῶν ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων ἐν τοῖς κτήνεσι τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ.

⁴²καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο Μωυσῆς, ὃν τρόπον ἐνετείλατο Κύριος πᾶν πρωτότοκον ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς ᾿Ισραήλ·

⁴³καὶ ἐγένοντο πάντα τὰ πρωτότοκα τὰ ἀρσενικὰ κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἐξ ὀνόματος ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω ἐκ τῆς ἐπισκέψεως αὐτῶν δύο καὶ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες καὶ τρεῖς καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ διακόσιοι.

⁴⁴Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν λέγων·

⁴⁵λάβε τοὺς Λευίτας ἀντὶ πάντων τῶν πρωτοτόκων υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῶν Λευιτῶν ἀντὶ τῶν κτηνῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἔσονται ἐμοὶ οἱ Λευῖται· ἐγὼ Κύριος.

⁴⁶καὶ τὰ λύτρα τριῶν καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ διακοσίων, οἱ πλεονάζοντες παρὰ τοὺς Λευίτας ἀπὸ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραήλ,

⁴⁷καὶ λήψῃ πέντε σίκλους κατὰ κεφαλήν, κατὰ τὸ δίδραχμον τὸ ἅγιον λήψῃ, εἴκοσιν ὀβολοὺς τοῦ σίκλου,

⁴⁸καὶ δώσεις τὸ ἀργύριον ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ, λύτρα τῶν πλεοναζόντων ἐν αὐτοῖς.

⁴⁹καὶ ἔλαβε Μωυσῆς τὸ ἀργύριον τὰ λύτρα τῶν πλεοναζόντων εἰς τὴν ἐκλύτρωσιν τῶν Λευιτῶν,

⁵⁰παρὰ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν υἱῶν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἔλαβε τὸ ἀργύριον, χιλίους τριακοσίους ἑξηκονταπέντε σίκλους, κατὰ τὸν σίκλον τὸν ἅγιον.

⁵¹καὶ ἔδωκε Μωυσῆς τὰ λύτρα τῶν πλεοναζόντων ᾿Ααρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ, διὰ φωνῆς Κυρίου, ὃν τρόπον συνέταξε Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ.

¹And these [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sina.

²And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the first-born; and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar.

³These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they consecrated to the priesthood.

⁴And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests’ office with Aaron their father.

⁵And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

⁶Take the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt set them before Aaron the priest, and they shall minister to him,

⁷and shall keep his charges, and the charges of the children of Israel, before the tabernacle of witness, to do the works of the tabernacle.

⁸And they shall keep all the furniture of the tabernacle of witness, and the charges of the children of Israel as to all the works of the tabernacle.

⁹And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.

¹⁰And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of witness; and they shall keep their charge of priesthood, and all things belonging to the altar, and within the veil; and the stranger that touches them shall die.

¹¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

¹²Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.

¹³For every first-born [is] mine; in the day in which I smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to myself every first-born in Israel: both of man and beast, they shall be mine: I [am] the Lord.

¹⁴And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, saying,

¹⁵Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.

¹⁶And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.

¹⁷And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

¹⁸And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:

¹⁹and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel:

²⁰and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.

²¹To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.

²²The numbering of them according to the number of every male from a month old and upwards, their numbering [was] seven thousand and five hundred.

²³And the sons of Gedson shall encamp westward behind the tabernacle.

²⁴And the ruler of the household of the family of Gedson [was] Elisaph the son of Dael.

²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness [was] the tent and the veil, and the covering of the door of the tabernacle of witness,

²⁶and the curtains of the court, and the veil of the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and the remainder of all its works.

²⁷To Caath [belonged] one division, that of Amram, and another division, that of Issaar, and another division, that of Chebron, and another division, that of Oziel: these are the divisions of Caath, according to number.

²⁸Every male from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charges of the holy things.

²⁹The families of the sons of Caath, shall encamp beside the tabernacle toward the south.

³⁰And the chief of the house of the families of the divisions of Caath, [was] Elisaphan the son of Oziel.

³¹And their charge [was] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and all the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they do holy service, and the veil, and all their works.

³²And the chief over the chief of the Levites, [was] Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, appointed to keep the charges of the holy things.

³³To Merari [belonged] the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.

³⁴The mustering of them according to number, every male from a month old and upwards, [was] six thousand and fifty.

³⁵And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Suriel the son of Abichail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northwards.

³⁶The oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the chapiters of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all their furniture, and their works,

³⁷and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pins, and their cords.

³⁸They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east [shall be] Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

³⁹All the numbering of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upwards, [were] two and twenty thousand.

⁴⁰And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

⁴¹And thou shalt take the Levites for me-- I [am] the Lord-- instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

⁴²And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.

⁴³And all the male first-born in number by name, from a month old and upwards, were according to their numbering twenty-two thousand and two hundred and seventy-three.

⁴⁴And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

⁴⁵Take the Levites instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine; I [am] the Lord.

⁴⁶And for the ransoms of the two hundred and seventy-three which exceed the Levites in number of the first-born of the sons of Israel;

⁴⁷thou shalt even take five shekels a head; thou shalt take them according to the holy didrachm, twenty oboli to the shekel.

⁴⁸And thou shalt give the money to Aaron and to his sons, the ransom of those who exceed in number among them.

⁴⁹And Moses took the silver, the ransom of those that exceeded in number the redemption of the Levites.

⁵⁰He took the silver from the first-born of the sons of Israel, a thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the holy shekel.

⁵¹And Moses gave the ransom of them that were over to Aaron and his sons, by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.