Numbers 3
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Numbers 3:14-28

14Then the LordH3068 spokeH1696 to MosesH4872 1in the wildernessH4057 of SinaiH5514, sayingH559, 15“23CountH6485 the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 by their fathers’H1 householdsH1004, by their familiesH4940; everyH3605 maleH2145 from a monthH2320 oldH1121 and upwardH4605 you shall countH6485.” 16So MosesH4872 countedH6485 them accordingH5921 to the 4wordH6310 of the LordH3068, justH3512 asH3512 he had been commandedH6680. 175TheseH428, then, are the sonsH1121 of LeviH3878 by their namesH8034: GershonH1648, KohathH6955, and MerariH4847. 18And theseH428 are the namesH8034 of the 6sonsH1121 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. TheseH428 are the familiesH4940 of the LevitesH3881 according to their fathers’H1 householdsH1004.

21Of GershonH1648 was the familyH4940 of the LibnitesH3846 and the familyH4940 of the ShimeitesH8097; theseH428 were the familiesH4940 of the GershonitesH1649. 22Their numberedH6485 men, in the countingH4557 of everyH3605 maleH2145 from a monthH2320 oldH1121 and upwardH4605, their numberedH6485 men were 7,500H7651H505H2568H3967. 23The familiesH4940 of the GershonitesH1649 were to campH2583 behindH310 the 7tabernacleH4908 westwardH3220, 24and the leaderH5387 of the fathers’H1 householdsH1004 of the GershonitesH1649: EliasaphH460 the sonH1121 of LaelH3815. 25Now 8the dutiesH4931 of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150 included the tabernacleH4908 and 9the tentH168, its coveringH4372, and 10the curtainH4539 for the entranceH6607 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150, 26and 11the curtainsH7050 of the courtyardH2691, 12the curtainH4539 for the entranceH6607 of the courtyardH2691 whichH834 is aroundH5439 the tabernacleH4908 and the altarH4196, and its ropesH4340, according to allH3605 the serviceH5656 13concerning them.

27Of KohathH6955 was the familyH4940 of the AmramitesH6020, the familyH4940 of the IzharitesH3325, the familyH4940 of the HebronitesH2276, and the familyH4940 of the UzzielitesH5817; theseH428 were the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956. 28In the countingH4557 of everyH3605 maleH2145 from a monthH2320 oldH1121 and upwardH4605, there were 8,600H8083H505H8337H3967, performingH8104 the dutiesH4931 of the sanctuaryH6944.

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Notes

  1. 1. Numbers 3:14 Ex 19:1 ↩
  2. 2. Numbers 3:15 Lit muster, and so throughout the ch ↩
  3. 3. Numbers 3:15 Num 1:47 ↩
  4. 4. Numbers 3:16 Lit mouth ↩
  5. 5. Numbers 3:17 Ex 6:16-22 ↩
  6. 6. Numbers 3:18 Ex 6:17 ↩
  7. 7. Numbers 3:23 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch ↩
  8. 8. Numbers 3:25 Num 4:24-26 ↩
  9. 9. Numbers 3:25 Ex 26:1, 7, 14 ↩
  10. 10. Numbers 3:25 Ex 26:36 ↩
  11. 11. Numbers 3:26 Ex 27:9, 12, 14, 15 ↩
  12. 12. Numbers 3:26 Ex 27:16 ↩
  13. 13. Numbers 3:26 Lit of it ↩

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