04:003:003 These are the names of the sons of Aaron,
the priests which
were
anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s
office.
04:003:004 And 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.
04:003:005 And the lord spake unto Moses, saying,
04:003:006 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present
them before Aaron
the
priest, that they may minister unto him.
04:003:007 And 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.
04:003:008 And 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.
04:003:009 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron
and to his sons:
they
are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
04:003:010 And 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.
04:003:011 And the lord spake unto Moses, saying,
04:003:012 And 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;
04:003:013 Because 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.
04:003:014 And the lord spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai,
saying,
04:003:015 Number 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.
04:003:016 And Moses numbered them according to the
word of the lord, as
he
was commanded.
04:003:017 And these were the sons of Levi by their
names; Gershon, and
Kohath,
and Merari.
04:003:018 And these are the names of the sons of
Gershon by their
families;
Libni, and Shimei.
04:003:019 And the sons of Kohath by their families;
Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron,
and Uzziel.
04:003:020 And the sons of Merari by their families;
Mahli, and Mushi.
These
are the families of the Levites according to the house
of
their fathers.


