Numbers 3
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
1These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.
2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
3These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to do the functions of priesthood.
4Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
4Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
5And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
6Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,
7They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
7And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,
8They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.
9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
9And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,
10You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
10To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to minister, shall be put to death.
11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,
12I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am the LORD.”
13For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the Lord.
14The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
14And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:
15“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
15Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward.
16Moses counted them according to the LORD’s word, as he was commanded.
16Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.
17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
17And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath and Merari.
18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
18The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.
19The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
19The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel:
20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
20The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
21Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites:
22Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
22Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one month and upward, seven thousand five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
23These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,
24Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
24Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
25And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the covenant:
26the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
26The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof, the hanging that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the curtains of the court: the hanging also that is hanged in the entry of the court of the tabernacle, and whatsoever belongeth to the rite of the altar, the cords of the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof.
27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites.
27Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names:
28According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
28All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the sanctuary,
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
29And shall camp on the south side.
30The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
30And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:
31Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
31And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the furniture of this kind.
32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.
32And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary.
33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
33And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by their names:
34Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
34All of the male kind from one month and upward, six thousand two hundred.
35The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
35Their prince Suriel the son of Abihaiel: they shall camp on the north side.
36The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
36Under their custody shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the pillars and their sockets, and all things that pertain to this kind of service:
37the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
37And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets, and the pins with their cords.
38Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
38Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on the east side, shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto it, shall be put to death.
39All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of the LORD, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
39All the Levites, that Moses and Aaron numbered according to the precept of the Lord, by their families, of the male kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40The LORD said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
40And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them.
41You shall take the Levites for me—I am the LORD—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”
41And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the children of Israel:
42Moses counted, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
42Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the firstborn of the children of Israel:
43All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
43And the males by their names, from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
44And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:
45“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the LORD.
45Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle, and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
46But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the number of the Levites,
47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
47Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
48and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
48And then shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the price of them that are above.
49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
49Moses therefore took the money of them that were above, and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,
50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
50For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the weight of the sanctuary,
51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the LORD’s word, as the LORD commanded Moses.
51And gave it to Aaron and his sons, according to the word that the Lord had commanded him.
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