Numbers 3:1-13

1And these are the generationsH8435 of AaronH175 and MosesH4872 in the dayH3117 that Jehovah spokeH1696 with MosesH4872 on mount SinaiH5514.

2And these are the namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of AaronH175: NadabH5070 the firstbornH1060, and AbihuH30, EleazarH499 and IthamarH385.

3These are the namesH8034 of the sonsH1121 of AaronH175, the anointedH4886 priestsH3548, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood.

4And NadabH5070 and AbihuH30 diedH4191 before Jehovah when they offered strangeH2114 fireH784 before Jehovah in the wildernessH4057 of SinaiH5514, and they had no sonsH1121; and EleazarH499 and IthamarH385 exercised the priesthood in the presenceH6440 of AaronH175 their fatherH1.

5And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559,

6BringH7126 the tribeH4294 of LeviH3881 near, and presentH7126 them before AaronH175 the priestH3548, that they may minister unto him;

7and they shall keepH8104 his chargeH4931, and the chargeH4931 of the whole assemblyH5712, before the tentH168 of meetingH4150, to do the serviceH5656 of the tabernacleH4908.

8And they shall keepH8104 all the utensilsH3627 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150, and the chargeH4931 of the children of IsraelH3478, to do the serviceH5656 of the tabernacleH4908.

9And thou shalt giveH5414 the LevitesH3881 to AaronH175 and to his sonsH1121: they are wholly givenH5414 to him out of the children of IsraelH3478.

10And AaronH175 and his sonsH1121 shalt thou appointH6485 that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be putH4191 to deathH4191.

11And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559,

12And I, behold, I have takenH3947 the LevitesH3881 from among the children of IsraelH3478 instead of every firstbornH1060 that breaketh open the wombH7358 among the children of IsraelH3478, and the LevitesH3881 shall beH1961 mine;

13for every firstbornH1060 is mine. On the dayH3117 that I smote all the firstbornH1060 in the landH776 of EgyptH4714, I hallowed unto me all the firstbornH1060 in IsraelH3478, both of manH120 and beast; mine shall they beH1961: I am Jehovah.