Bamidbar

(39) All the Levites who were recorded, whom at יהוה’s command Moses and Aaron recorded by their clans, all the males from the age of one month up, came to 22,000.

(40) יהוה said to Moses: Record every first-born male of the Israelite people from the age of one month up, and make a list of their names;(41) and take the Levites for Me, יהוה, in place of every male first-born among the Israelite people, and the cattle of the Levites in place of every male first-born among the cattle of the Israelites.(42) So Moses recorded all the male first-born among the Israelites, as יהוה had commanded him.(43) All the first-born males as listed by name, recorded from the age of one month up, came to 22,273.

(44) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying:(45) Take the Levites in place of all the male first-born among the Israelite people, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine, יהוה’s.(46) And as the redemption price of the 273 Israelite male first-born over and above the number of the Levites,(47) take five shekels per head—take this by the sanctuary weight, twenty gerahs to the shekel—(48) and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess.(49) So Moses took the redemption money from those over and above the ones redeemed by the Levites;(50) he took the money from the male first-born of the Israelites, 1,365 sanctuary shekels.(51) And Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons at יהוה’s bidding, as יהוה had commanded Moses.

(39) All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moshe and Aharon numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty two thousand.


(40) And the Lord said to Moshe, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Yisra᾽el from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. (41) And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yisra᾽el; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Yisra᾽el. (42) And Moshe numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Yisra᾽el. (43) And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty two thousand, two hundred and seventy three.


(44) And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying, (45) Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yisra᾽el, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. (46) And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and seventy three of the firstborn of the children of Yisra᾽el who are more than the Levites: (47) thou shalt take five shekels for every man, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gera:) (48) and thou shalt give the money, with which the surplus of them is to be redeemed, to Aharon and to his sons. (49) And Moshe took the redemption money of those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites: (50) of the firstborn of the children of Yisra᾽el he took the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: (51) and Moshe gave the money of those who were redeemed to Aharon and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moshe.

(5) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying:(6) Advance the tribe of Levi and place its [men] in attendance upon Aaron the priest to serve him.(7) They shall perform duties for him and for the whole community before the Tent of Meeting, doing the work of the Tabernacle.(8) They shall take charge of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting—a duty on behalf of the Israelites—doing the work of the Tabernacle.(9) You shall assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are formally assigned to him from among the Israelites.(10) You shall make Aaron and his sons responsible for observing their priestly duties; and any outsider who encroaches shall be put to death.

(11) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying:(12) I hereby take the Levites from among the Israelites in place of all the male first-born, the first issue of the womb among the Israelites: the Levites shall be Mine.(13) For every male first-born is Mine: at the time that I smote every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every male first-born in Israel, human and beast, to Myself, to be Mine, יהוה’s.

(5) And the Lord spoke to Moshe saying, (6) Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aharon the priest, that they may minister to him. (7) And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. (8) And they shall keep all the instruments of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the children of Yisra᾽el, to do the service of the tabernacle. (9) And thou shalt give the Levites to Aharon and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Yisra᾽el. (10) And thou shalt appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall keep their priest’s office: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.

(11) And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying, (12) And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Yisra᾽el instead of all the firstborn that opens the womb among the children of Yisra᾽el: therefore the Levites shall be mine; (13) because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Miżrayim I hallowed to me all the firstborn in Yisra᾽el, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the Lord.