Numbers 3
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Numbers 3:14-28

14And Jehovah spake unto MosesH4872 in the wildernessH4057 of SinaiH5514, sayingH559, 15Number the children of LeviH3881 by their fathers’H1 housesH1004, by their familiesH4940: every maleH2145 from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605 shalt thou number them. 16And MosesH4872 numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commandedH6680. 17And these wereH1961 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3881 by their namesH8034: GershonH1648, and KohathH6955, and MerariH4847. 18And these are the namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648 by their familiesH4940: LibniH3845 and ShimeiH8096. 19And the sonsH1121 of KohathH6955 by their familiesH4940: AmramH6019, and IzharH3324, HebronH2275, and UzzielH5816. 20And the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847 by their familiesH4940: MahliH4249 and MushiH4187. These are the familiesH4940 of the LevitesH3881 according to their fathers’H1 housesH1004.

21Of GershonH1648 was the familyH4940 of the Libnites, and the familyH4940 of the Shimeites: these are the familiesH4940 of the Gershonites. 22Those that were numbered of them, according to the numberH4557 of all the malesH2145, from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, even those that were numbered of them were sevenH7651 thousandH505 and fiveH2568 hundredH3967. 23The familiesH4940 of the Gershonites shall encampH2583 behind the tabernacleH4908 westward. 24And the princeH5387 of the fathers’H1 houseH1004 of the Gershonites shall be EliasaphH460 the sonH1121 of Lael. 25And the chargeH4931 of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150 shall be the tabernacleH4908, and the TentH168, the coveringH4372 thereof, and the screenH4539 for the doorH6607 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150, 26and the hangings of the courtH2691, and the screenH4539 for the doorH6607 of the courtH2691, which is by the tabernacleH4908, and by the altarH4196 roundH5439 about, and the cordsH4340 of it for all the serviceH5656 thereof.

27And of KohathH6955 was the familyH4940 of the Amramites, and the familyH4940 of the Izharites, and the familyH4940 of the Hebronites, and the familyH4940 of the Uzzielites: these are the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956. 28According to the numberH4557 of all the malesH2145, from a monthH2320 old and upwardH4605, there were eightH8083 thousandH505 and sixH8337 hundredH3967, keepingH8104 the chargeH4931 of the sanctuaryH6944.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain