Numbers 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Levite Priesthood Established

(Lev 10:1–7 )

Now these^H428 are the records of the generations^H8435 of Aaron^H175 and Moses^H4872 at the time^H3117 when the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 with Moses^H4872 on Mount^H2022 Sinai^H5514.

Num 3:2

Num 3:2These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Num 3:3

Num 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he [fn]ordained to serve as priests.

Num 3:4

Num 3:4But Nadab and Abihu died in the presence of the LORD when they offered [fn]strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests [fn]in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

Num 3:5

Then the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Num 3:6

Num 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi forward and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

Num 3:7

Num 3:7“They shall perform the duties for [fn]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Num 3:8

Num 3:8“They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Num 3:9

Num 3:9“So you shall assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel.

Num 3:10

Num 3:10“So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may [fn]keep their priesthood, but the [fn]layman who comes near shall be put to death.”

Num 3:11

Again the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Num 3:12

Num 3:12“Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the firstborn of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine.

Num 3:13

Num 3:13“For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I fatally struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from the human firstborn to animals. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD.”

(cf. Num 1:47–54 )

Num 3:14

Then the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872 in the wilderness^H4057 of Sinai^H5514, saying^H559,

Num 3:15

Num 3:15“[fn]Count the sons of Levi by their fathers’ households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall count.”

Num 3:16

Num 3:16So Moses counted them according to the [fn]word of the LORD, just as he had been commanded.

Num 3:17

Num 3:17These, then, are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Num 3:18

Num 3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;

Num 3:19

Num 3:19and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

Num 3:20

Num 3:20and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

Num 3:21

Of Gershon^H1648 was the family^H4940 of the Libnites^H3846 and the family^H4940 of the Shimeites^H8097; these^H428 were the families^H4940 of the Gershonites^H1649.

Num 3:22

Num 3:22Their numbered men, in the counting of every male from a month old and upward, their numbered men were 7,500.

Num 3:23

Num 3:23The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the [fn]tabernacle westward,

Num 3:24

Num 3:24and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites: Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Duties of the Levites

Num 3:25

Num 3:25Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

Num 3:26

Num 3:26and the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ropes, according to all the service [fn]concerning them.

Num 3:27

Of Kohath^H6955 was the family^H4940 of the Amramites^H6020, the family^H4940 of the Izharites^H3325, the family^H4940 of the Hebronites^H2276, and the family^H4940 of the Uzzielites^H5817; these^H428 were the families^H4940 of the Kohathites^H6956.

Num 3:28

Num 3:28In the counting of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.

Num 3:29

Num 3:29The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

Num 3:30

Num 3:30and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families: [fn]Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Num 3:31

Num 3:31Now their duties included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, the [fn]curtain, and all the service [fn]concerning them;

Num 3:32

Num 3:32and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the head of the leaders of Levi, and he had the supervision of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.

Num 3:33

Of Merari^H4847 was the family^H4940 of the Mahlites^H4250 and the family^H4940 of the Mushites^H4188; these^H428 were the families^H4940 of Merari^H4847.

Num 3:34

Num 3:34Their numbered men in the counting of every male from a month old and upward: 6,200.

Num 3:35

Num 3:35And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.

Num 3:36

Num 3:36Now the appointment of duties of the sons of Merari included the framework of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and all the service concerning them,

Num 3:37

Num 3:37and the pillars around the courtyard with their bases, their pegs, and their ropes.

Num 3:38

Now those who were to camp^H2583 in front^H6440 of the tabernacle^H4908 eastward^H6924, in front^H6440 of the tent^H168 of meeting^H4150 toward the sunrise^H4217, were Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 and his sons^H1121, performing^H8104 the duties^H4931 of the sanctuary^H4720 for the obligation^H4931 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478; but the [fn]layman^H2114 coming^H7131 near^H7131 was to be put^H4191 to^H4191 death^H4191.

Num 3:39

Num 3:39All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the [fn]command of the LORD by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

Firstborn Redeemed

Num 3:40

Then the LORD^H3068 said^H559 to Moses^H4872, “Count^H6485 every^H3605 firstborn^H1060 male^H2145 of the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 from a month^H2320 old^H1121 and upward^H4605, and [fn]make^H5375 a list^H4557 of their names^H8034.

Num 3:41

Num 3:41“And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the LORD—instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel.”

Num 3:42

Num 3:42So Moses counted all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him;

Num 3:43

Num 3:43and all the firstborn males, by the number of names from a month old and upward for their numbered men, were 22,273.

Num 3:44

Then the LORD^H3068 spoke^H1696 to Moses^H4872, saying^H559,

Num 3:45

Num 3:45“Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the LORD.

Num 3:46

Num 3:46“And as [fn]a redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the number of the Levites,

Num 3:47

Num 3:47you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty [fn]gerahs),

Num 3:48

Num 3:48and you shall give the money, the redemption price of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons.”

Num 3:49

Num 3:49So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of the number of those redeemed by the Levites;

Num 3:50

Num 3:50from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365.

Num 3:51

Num 3:51Then Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, at the [fn]command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(3:3)

Lit filled their hand

(3:4)

I.e., prohibited

(3:4)

Lit before the face

(3:7)

Lit him and the duties of the whole congregation

(3:10)

Or perform

(3:10)

Lit stranger

(3:15)

Lit muster, and so throughout the ch

(3:16)

Lit mouth

(3:23)

Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch

(3:26)

Lit of it

(3:30)

In Ex 6:22, Elzaphan

(3:31)

I.e., the veil between the Holy Place and Most Holy Place

Lit of it

Lit stranger

Lit mouth

Lit take up the number

(3:46)

Or ransom

(3:47)

A gerah is about 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm

(3:51)

Lit mouth

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Numbers 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Levite Priesthood Established

Duties of the Levites

Firstborn Redeemed

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