Verse 1
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moyses, in ye day that the Lorde spake with Moyses in mount Sinai.
Verse 2
And these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron: Nadab the eldest sonne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Verse 3
These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes annoynted, and whose hande was consecrated to minister.
Verse 4
And Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde, when they offred straunge fire befor the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai, and had no chyldren: And Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the sight of Aaron their father.
Verse 5
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:
Verse 6
Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym:
Verse 7
And take the charge with hym, euen the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the seruice of the tabernacle.
Verse 8
They shall kepe all the instrumentes of the tabernacle of the congregation, & haue the charge of the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruice of the tabernacle.
Verse 9
And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel.
Verse 10
And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on their priestes office: and the straunger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne.
Verse 11
Verse 12
Beholde, I haue taken the Leuites from among the chyldren of Israel for all the first borne that openeth the matrice among the chyldren of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine.
Verse 13
Because all the first borne are myne: for the same day that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egypt, I halowed vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast, and mine they shalbe: I am the Lorde.
Verse 14
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wyldernesse of Sinai, saying:
Verse 15
Number the chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their kinredes: All that are males from a moneth old and aboue, shalt thou number.
Verse 16
And Moyses numbred them, according to the worde of the Lorde, as he was commaunded.
Verse 17
And these were the chyldren of Leui in their names: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari.
Verse 18
And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes: Libni, and Semei.
Verse 19
The sonnes of Caath in their kinredes: Amram, Iesar, Hebron, and Oziel.
Verse 20
And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers.
Verse 21
Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites,
Verse 22
And the summe of them after the number of all the males, from a moneth old and aboue, was counted seuen thousande and fiue hundred.
Verse 23
And the kinredes of the Gersonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle westwarde.
Verse 24
The captayne and most auncient of the house of the Gersonites, shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.
Verse 25
And the charge of the chyldren of Gerson in the tabernacle of the congregation, shalbe the tabernacle and the pauilion, the couering thereof, and the vayle of the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation:
Verse 26
And the hangynges of the court, and the curtayne of the doore of the court whiche is rounde about the tabernacle, and the aulter, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof.
Verse 27
And of Caath, came the kinred of the Amramites, and the kinred of the Izecharites, the kinred of the Hebronites, and the kinred of the Ozielites: These are the kinredes of the Caathites.
Verse 28
And the number of all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was eyght thousande and sixe hundred, hauing the charge of the sanctuarie.
Verse 29
And the kinred of the chyldren of Caath, shall pitche on the south syde of the tabernacle.
Verse 30
The captayne and most auncient of the house of the kinred of the Caathites, shalbe Elisaphan the sonne of Oziel.
Verse 31
And their charge shalbe the arke, the table, the candelsticke, and the aulters, & the vessels of the sanctuarie that they minister in, and the vayle, & whatsoeuer belongeth to the ministration therof.
Verse 32
And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest, shalbe captayne ouer all the captaines of the Leuites, and hath the ouersight of them that wayte vpon the sanctuarie.
Verse 33
And of Merari came the kinred of the Mahelites, and the kinred of the Musites: These are ye kinredes of Merari.
Verse 34
And the summe of them accordyng to the number of al the males, from a moneth olde and aboue, was sixe thousand and two hundred.
Verse 35
The captayne and the most auncient of their house that were of the kinred of Merari, was Zuriel the sonne of Abihael: and these shall pitche on the north syde of the tabernacle.
Verse 36
And vnder the custodie and charge of the sonnes of Merari, shalbe ye boordes of the tabernacle, & the barres pyllers, and sockettes therof, and all the vessels therof, and all that serueth therto:
Verse 37
And the pillers of the court rounde about, with their sockets, their pinnes, and their cordes.
Verse 38
But on the forefront of the tabernacle towarde the east, before the tabernacle of the congregation eastwarde, shall Moyses & Aaron and his sonnes, pitche and wayte to kepe the sanctuarie, and to kepe the chyldren of Israel: And the strannger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne.
Verse 39
And the whole summe of the Leuites whiche Moyses and Aaron numbred at the commaundement of the Lorde throughout their kinredes, euen all the males from a moneth olde and aboue, was twentie and two thousande.
Verse 40
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: Number all ye first borne that are males among the chyldren of Israel, from a moneth olde and aboue, and take the number of their names.
Verse 41
And thou shalt appoynt the Leuites to me (for I am the Lorde) for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for all the first gendred of the cattell of the chyldren of Israel.
Verse 42
And Moyses numbred, as the Lorde commaunded hym, all the first borne of the chyldren of Israel.
Verse 43
And all the first borne males, rehearsed by their names, from a moneth olde and aboue, accordyng to their number, were twentie and two thousande, two hundred and threscore and thirteene.
Verse 44
Verse 45
Take the Leuites for al the first borne of the chyldren of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattell, & the Leuites shalbe myne: I am the Lorde.
Verse 46
And for the redeeming of the two hundred and threscore and thirteene, which are mo then the Leuites in the first borne of the chyldren of Israel.
Verse 47
Take fiue sicles of euery head, after the wayght of the sanctuarie, the sicle contaynyng twentie gerahs.
Verse 48
And geue the money wherewith the odde number of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes.
Verse 49
And Moyses toke the redemption money of them that were redeemed, beyng mo then the Leuites:
Verse 50
Of the first borne of the children of Israel toke he this money: euen a thousande three hundred and three score and fiue sicles, after ye sicle of the sanctuarie.
Verse 51
And Moyses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and his sonnes, according to the word of the Lorde, euen as the Lorde commaunded Moyses.