Numbers
Numbers 3
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Numbers 3 — Scripture text (King James Version)
These also are the generations of and in the day that the LORD spake with in . And these are the names of the sons of ; the firstborn, and , , and . These are the names of the sons of , the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. And and died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the , and they had no children: and and ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of their father. And the LORD spake unto , saying, Bring the tribe of near, and present them before the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the of the congregation, to do the service of the . And they shall keep all the instruments of the of the congregation, and the charge of the children of , to do the service of the . And thou shalt give the unto and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of . And thou shalt appoint and his sons, and they shall wait their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be to death. And the LORD spake unto , saying, And I, behold, I have taken the from among the children of instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of : therefore the shall be mine; Because all the firstborn are mine; for the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in , both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. And the LORD spake unto in the , saying, Number the children of after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. And numbered them according to of the LORD, as he was commanded. And these were the sons of by their names; Gershon, and , and . And these are the names of the sons of by their families; Libni, and . And the sons of by their families; Amram, and , , and . And the sons of by their families; Mahli, and . These are the families of the according to the house of their fathers. Of was the family of the , and the family of the : these are the families of the . 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. The families of the shall pitch behind the westward. And the chief of the house of the father of the shall be the son of . And the charge of the sons of in the of the congregation shall be the , and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the of the congregation, And the hangings of the court, and the for the door of the court, which is by the , and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. And of Kohath was the family of the , and the family of the , and the family of the , and the family of the : these are the families of the . In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of . The families of the sons of shall pitch the side of the southward. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the shall be the son of . And their charge shall be the , and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. And the son of the priest shall be chief over the chief of the , and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of . Of was the family of the , and the family of the : these are the families of . 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. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of was the son of : these shall pitch the side of the northward. And under the custody and charge of the sons of shall be the boards of the , and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. But those that encamp before the toward the east, even before the of the congregation eastward, shall be , and and his sons, keeping the charge of for the charge of the children of ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be to death. All that were numbered of the , which and numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. And the LORD said unto , Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. And thou shalt take the for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of ; and the cattle of the instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of . And numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of . 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. And the LORD spake unto , saying, Take the instead of all the firstborn among the children of , and the cattle of the instead of their cattle; and the shall be mine: I am the LORD. And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of , which are more than the ; Thou shalt even take five apiece by the poll, after the of shalt thou take them: (the is twenty :) And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto and to his sons. And took the money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the : Of the firstborn of the children of took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five , after the of : And gave the money of them that were redeemed unto and to his sons, according to of the LORD, as the LORD commanded .