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Numbers 2:33
But the Levites were not counted among the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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Numbers 26:57-62
These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh.Those who were counted of them were twenty- three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
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Numbers 3:1-4:49
Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh 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.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.They 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.You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ 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,for 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 Yahweh.”Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,“ Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.Those 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.The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.The 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,the 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.Of 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.According 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.The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.Their 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.Eleazar 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.Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.The 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.The 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,the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and 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.All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty- two thousand.Yahweh 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.You shall take the Levites for me— I am Yahweh— 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.”Moses counted, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.All 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.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ 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 Yahweh.For the redemption of the two hundred seventy- three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them( the shekel is twenty gerahs);and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;from 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;and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to Yahweh’s word, as Yahweh commanded Moses.Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,“ Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.“ This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things.When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it,put a covering of sealskin on it, spread a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles.“ On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.“ They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.“ On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.“ They shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.“ They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.They shall put on it all its vessels with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the meat hooks, the shovels, and the basins— all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.“ When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.“ The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.”Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,“ Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden;but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.“ This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there.At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.“ As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old— everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name.This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.These are those who were counted of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old— everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh.Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old— everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,even those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.All those who were counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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1 Chronicles 6 1-1 Chronicles 6 81
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,Abishua became the father of Bukki. Bukki became the father of Uzzi.Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth.Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz.Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan.Johanan became the father of Azariah, who executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub.Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum.Shallum became the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became the father of Azariah.Azariah became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak.Jehozadak went into captivity, when Yahweh carried Judah and Jerusalem away by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.These are they whom David set over the service of song in Yahweh’s house, after the ark came to rest there.They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon had built Yahweh’s house in Jerusalem. They performed the duties of their office according to their order.These are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.His brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of God’s house.But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites( for theirs was the first lot),to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half- tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, and Gezer with its pasture lands,Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands;and out of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half- tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands;and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, and Jahzah with its pasture lands,Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
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Numbers 1:3
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel. You and Aaron shall count them by their divisions.
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Numbers 8:1-26
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Speak to Aaron, and tell him,‘ When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lamp stand.’”Aaron did so. He lit its lamps to light the area in front of the lamp stand, as Yahweh commanded Moses.This was the workmanship of the lamp stand, beaten work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was beaten work. He made the lamp stand according to the pattern which Yahweh had shown Moses.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.You shall do this to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of cleansing on them, let them shave their whole bodies with a razor, let them wash their clothes, and cleanse themselves.Then let them take a young bull and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting. You shall assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel.You shall present the Levites before Yahweh. The children of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites,and Aaron shall offer the Levites before Yahweh for a wave offering on the behalf of the children of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of Yahweh.“ The Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites.You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to Yahweh.Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.“ After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. You shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering.For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and animal. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself.I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel.I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary.”Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did so to the Levites. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.The Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before Yahweh and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.After that, the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting before Aaron and before his sons: as Yahweh had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,“ This is what is assigned to the Levites: from twenty- five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service in the work of the Tent of Meeting;and from the age of fifty years they shall retire from doing the work, and shall serve no more,but shall assist their brothers in the Tent of Meeting, to perform the duty, and shall perform no service. This is how you shall have the Levites do their duties.”
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Numbers 1:50
but appoint the Levites over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
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1 Chronicles 21 6
But he didn’t count Levi and Benjamin among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.
