of Reguel was their captain; 15. And the host thereof in the sum of forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

And all that are in the camp of Reuben shall be an hundred and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, which are of their host: and the rest shall be in the going forth.

And afterward the tabernacle of the congregation shall go with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: and as they encamp, so shall they go, every man in his place, under his banner.

And it shall come to pass at even, that the tent and the tabernacle of Ephraim shall lie with their host: and Elishama the son of Ammihud shall be their captain; 19. And his host by the sum of forty thousand and five hundred.

And next unto him shall encamp the tribe of Manasseh; Gamliel the son of Pedezur shall be their captain;

His host of the sum of thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

And the tribe of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni, their captain; 23. And his host was thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

And all that are numbered of the camp of Ephraim shall be an hundred and eight thousand and one hundred, which are of his host: and they shall be the third in going forth.

And it shall come to pass at midnight, that the tent and the tabernacle of Dan shall lie with their host; and Ahiezer the son of Ammi-saddai shall be their captain; 26. His host, the sum of them, threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

And next unto him shall encamp the tribe of Asher; and their captain shall be Pagel the son of Ochran;

His army, by the sum of forty and one thousand and five hundred.

And the tribe of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan, their captain; 30. And his host of the sum of fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

And all that are numbered of the camp of Dan shall be an hundred fifty and seven thousand and six hundred: and they shall be the last to come forth with their garments.

This is the sum of the children of Israel, according to their fathers’ houses, and according to
their camps, with their armies, six hundred thousand and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

But the Levites were not numbered in the sum of the children of Israel, as the LORD
commanded Moses.

And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, and encamped under their coats, and went forth every man after his kindred after the house of their fathers.
(Numbers)
Chapter 3
Counting of the Levites and their office. The ransom of the firstborn.

This is the generation of Aaron and Moses, in the days when the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai.

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and after him Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, which were anointed priests, and had their hands filled for the priesthood.

But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD
in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no sons. And Eleazar and Ithamar kept the priest’s office under Aaron their father.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, to minister unto him.

And his guard, and the guard of all the congregation, shall wait before the tabernacle of the congregation, and minister in the service of the tabernacle;

And wait all the vessels of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to minister in the service of the tabernacle.

And thou shalt assign the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons for a present from the children of Israel.

And Aaron and his sons shalt thou set to keep their priesthood. Wherever a stranger comes, he shall die.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel for all the firstborn that break the mother among the children of Israel: so the Levites shall be mine.

For the firstborn are mine, from the time that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt; and I sanctified unto myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast, that they should be mine, I the LORD.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying: 15. Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ houses, and according to their families, every male of a month old and upward.

So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he commanded.

And these were the sons of Levi by name: Gerson, Kahath, Merari.

And the names of the sons of Gershon in their generations were: Libni and Shimei.

And the sons of Kohath in their generations were: Amram, Jezehar, Hebron and Uzziel.

The children of Merari in their generations were: Maheli and Musi. These are the families of Levi after the house of their fathers.

These are the families of Gershon: the Libnites and the Simites.

The sum of the number of them was seven thousand and five hundred, every male of a month old and upward.

And the same family of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle toward the west.

Let Eliasaph the son of Lael be their chief.

And they shall wait upon the tabernacle of the congregation, even upon the tabernacle, and upon the tabernacle, and upon the covering thereof, and upon the covering of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

And the covering of the court, and the covering of the door of the court, which is about the
tabernacle, and about the altar, and the cords thereof, and all that pertaineth unto the service thereof.

These are the families of Kohath: the Amramites, the Jezeharites, the Hebronites, and the Usielites,

And the males, of the age of one month and upward, numbering eight thousand and six hundred, that waited on the guard of the sanctuary.

And they shall pitch by the side of the tabernacle toward the south.

And let their chief be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

And they shall keep the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altar, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, whereon they minister, and the cloth, and all that pertaineth unto the service thereof.

But the chief of all the chief of the Levites shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest over them that are appointed to keep the charge of the sanctuary.

These are the families of Merari: the Mahelites and the Musites, 34. Which were in number six thousand and two hundred, every male of the age of a month and upward.

And Zuriel the son of Abihail shall be their captain. And they shall pitch by the side of the tabernacle northward.

And their charge shall be to keep the boards, and the bars, and the pillars, and the feet of the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof, and all the service thereof, 37. And the pillars round about the court with the feet, and the nails, and the cords.

And before the tabernacle, and before the tent of the congregation toward the east, Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, shall encamp, to keep the sanctuary, and the children of Israel. And if a stranger come hither, he shall die,

All the Levites that were numbered of Moses and Aaron by their families, according to the word of the LORD, even all the males, of the age of one month and upward, were twenty and two thousand.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Number every firstborn male of the children of Israel, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

And thou shalt set apart the Levites unto me the LORD for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel, 42. And Moses numbered all the firstborn of the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded him;

And the number of the names of all the firstborn that were male, of the age of one month and upward, was found in the sum of them twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and three.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

Take the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle; that the Levites may be mine, the LORD’S.

But the ransom of the two hundred and seventy and three overlength firstborn of the children of Israel above the Levites’ number

You shall take five shekels from head to head, according to the shekel of the sanctuary (twenty gerahs is a shekel),

And thou shalt give the same money that is above their number unto Aaron and to his sons.

And Moses took the ransom, which was above the number of the Levites, 50. Of the firstborn of the children of Israel, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary,

And gave it unto Aaron and to his sons according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
(Numbers)
Chapter 4
Special office administration and number of Levites.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

Take the summa of the sons of Kohath out of the sons of Levi, according to their families, and according to their fathers’ houses,

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that are fit for the army, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And this shall be the service of the children of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, which