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Levites to Be Priesthood |
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| Numbers 3:1 |
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Now these are the records of the generations
of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. |
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| Numbers 3:2 |
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These then are the names of the sons of Aaron:
Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. |
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| Numbers 3:3 |
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the
anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests. |
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| Numbers 3:4 |
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But 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. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their
father Aaron. |
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| Numbers 3:5 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 3:6 |
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"Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before
Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. |
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| Numbers 3:7 |
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They shall perform the duties for him and for
the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. |
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| Numbers 3:8 |
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They shall also keep all the furnishings of
the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service
of the tabernacle. |
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| Numbers 3:9 |
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You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and
to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. |
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| Numbers 3:10 |
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So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that
they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to
death." |
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| Numbers 3:11 |
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Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 3:12 |
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"Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from
among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb
among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine. |
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| Numbers 3:13 |
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For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that
I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all
the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD." |
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| Numbers 3:14 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness
of Sinai, saying, |
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| Numbers 3:15 |
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"Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' households,
by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number." |
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| Numbers 3:16 |
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So Moses numbered them according to the word
of the LORD, just as he had been commanded. |
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| Numbers 3:17 |
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These then are the sons of Levi by their names:
Gershon and Kohath and Merari. |
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| Numbers 3:18 |
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These are the names of the sons of Gershon by
their families: Libni and Shimei; |
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| Numbers 3:19 |
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and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram
and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel; |
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| Numbers 3:20 |
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and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli
and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households. |
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| Numbers 3:21 |
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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and
the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. |
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| Numbers 3:22 |
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Their numbered men, in the numbering of every
male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500. |
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| Numbers 3:23 |
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The families of the Gershonites were to camp
behind the tabernacle westward, |
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| Numbers 3:24 |
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and the leader of the fathers' households of
the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael. |
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Duties of the Priests |
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| Numbers 3:25 |
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Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the
tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen
for the doorway of the tent of meeting, |
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| Numbers 3:26 |
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and the hangings of the court, and the screen
for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and
its cords, according to all the service concerning them. |
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| Numbers 3:27 |
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Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and
the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of
the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. |
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| Numbers 3:28 |
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In the numbering of every male from a month
old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary. |
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| Numbers 3:29 |
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The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp
on the southward side of the tabernacle, |
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| Numbers 3:30 |
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and the leader of the fathers' households of
the Kohathite families was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. |
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| Numbers 3:31 |
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Now their duties involved the ark, the table,
the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister,
and the screen, and all the service concerning them; |
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| Numbers 3:32 |
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and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was
the chief of the leaders of Levi, and had the oversight of those who perform the
duties of the sanctuary. |
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| Numbers 3:33 |
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Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and
the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. |
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| Numbers 3:34 |
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Their numbered men in the numbering of every
male from a month old and upward, were 6,200. |
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| Numbers 3:35 |
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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. |
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| Numbers 3:36 |
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Now the appointed duties of the sons of Merari
involved the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all
its equipment, and the service concerning them, |
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| Numbers 3:37 |
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and the pillars around the court with their
sockets and their pegs and their cords. |
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| Numbers 3:38 |
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Now those who were to camp before the tabernacle
eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and
his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons
of Israel; but the layman coming near was to be put to death. |
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| Numbers 3:39 |
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All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses
and Aaron numbered at the command of the LORD by their families, every male from
a month old and upward, were 22,000. |
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Firstborn Redeemed |
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| Numbers 3:40 |
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Number every firstborn
male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their
names. |
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| Numbers 3:41 |
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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 instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel." |
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| Numbers 3:42 |
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So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the
sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him; |
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| Numbers 3:43 |
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and all the firstborn males by the number of
names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273. |
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| Numbers 3:44 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 3:45 |
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"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn
among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall
be Mine; I am the LORD. |
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| Numbers 3:46 |
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For the ransom of the 273 of the firstborn of
the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites, |
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| Numbers 3:47 |
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you shall take five shekels apiece, per head;
you shall take them in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty
gerahs), |
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| Numbers 3:48 |
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and give the money, the ransom of those who
are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons." |
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| Numbers 3:49 |
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So Moses took the ransom money from those who
were in excess, beyond those ransomed by the Levites; |
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| Numbers 3:50 |
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from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he
took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365. |
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| Numbers 3:51 |
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Then Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and
to his sons, at the command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
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