| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. | 1These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. |
| 2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. | 2These are the names of Aaron's sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
| 3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. | 3These are the names of Aaron's sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. |
| 4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. | 4But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD's presence when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father. |
| 5And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | 5The LORD spoke to Moses: " |
| 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. | 6Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him. |
| 7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. | 7They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle. |
| 8And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. | 8They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle. |
| 9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. | 9Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites. |
| 10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. | 10You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death." |
| 11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | 11The LORD spoke to Moses: " |
| 12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; | 12See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to Me, |
| 13Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. | 13because every firstborn belongs to Me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to Myself, both man and animal. They are Mine; I am Yahweh." |
| 14And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, | 14The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: " |
| 15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. | 15Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more." |
| 16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. | 16So Moses registered them in obedience to the LORD as he had been commanded: |
| 17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. | 17These were Levi's sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
| 18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. | 18These were the names of Gershon's sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei. |
| 19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. | 19Kohath's sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. |
| 20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. | 20Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses. |
| 21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. | 21The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans. |
| 22Those 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. | 22Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500. |
| 23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. | 23The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side, |
| 24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. | 24and the leader of the Gershonite family was Eliasaph son of Lael. |
| 25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, | 25The Gershonites' duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting, |
| 26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. | 26the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the tent ropes--all the work relating to these. |
| 27And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. | 27The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites. |
| 28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. | 28Counting every male one month old or more, there were 8,600 responsible for the duties of the sanctuary. |
| 29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. | 29The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle, |
| 30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. | 30and the leader of the family of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. |
| 31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. | 31Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen--and all the work relating to them. |
| 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. | 32The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary. |
| 33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. | 33The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans. |
| 34And 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. | 34Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200. |
| 35And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. | 35The leader of the family of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle. |
| 36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, | 36The assigned duties of Merari's descendants involved the tabernacle's supports, crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these, |
| 37And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. | 37in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes. |
| 38But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. | 38Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near it was to be put to death. |
| 39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. | 39The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the LORD's command was 22,000. |
| 40And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. | 40The LORD told Moses: "Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names. |
| 41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. | 41You are to take the Levites for Me--I am Yahweh--in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites' cattle." |
| 42And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. | 42So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him. |
| 43And 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. | 43The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273. |
| 44And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | 44The LORD spoke to Moses again:" |
| 45Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. | 45Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites' cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to Me; I am Yahweh. |
| 46And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; | 46As the redemption price for the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites, |
| 47Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) | 47collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel--20 gerahs to the shekel. |
| 48And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. | 48Give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess among the Israelites." |
| 49And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: | 49So Moses collected the redemption money from those in excess of the ones redeemed by the Levites. |
| 50Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: | 50He collected the money from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel. |
| 51And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. | 51He gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the LORD, just as the LORD commanded Moses. |
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