1 耶和华在西奈山上与摩西说话的日子， 亚伦和摩西的后代如下。
2 亚伦的儿子的名字如下： 长子是拿答， 还有亚比户、以利亚撒、以他玛。
3 这就是亚伦的儿子的名字， 他们是受膏的祭司， 是摩西叫他们承受圣职担任祭司的职分的。
4 拿答和亚比户在西奈旷野把凡火献在耶和华面前的时候， 死在耶和华面前； 他们没有儿子； 以利亚撒和以他玛， 就在他们的父亲亚伦面前， 担任祭司的职分。
5 耶和华对摩西说：
6 "你要叫利未支派近前来， 使他们站在亚伦祭司面前， 可以服事他。
7 他们要替亚伦和全体会众， 在会幕前尽上本分， 办理帐幕的事。
8 他们又要看守管理会幕里的一切器具， 也要替以色列人尽上本分， 办理帐幕的事。
9 你要把利未人派给亚伦和他的儿子， 因为他们是从以色列人中选出来完全给他的。
10 你要委派亚伦和他的儿子， 使他们谨守自己祭司的职分； 外人走近， 必被治死。"
11 耶和华告诉摩西：
12 "看哪， 我从以色列人中， 拣选了利未人， 代替以色列人所有头生的， 就是他们的长子， 所以利未人要归我。
13 因为所有头生的， 都是我的； 我在埃及地击杀所有头生的那天， 就把以色列中所有头生的， 无论人畜， 都分别为圣归我； 他们要归我， 我是耶和华。"
14 耶和华在西奈旷野对摩西说：
15 "你要照着利未人的父家、宗族， 数点他们； 所有男丁， 一个月以上的， 你都要数点。"
16 于是， 摩西照着耶和华的命令， 就是耶和华吩咐他的， 数点了利未人。
17 利未众子的名字是： 革顺、哥辖、米拉利。
18 革顺儿子的名字， 按着宗族， 是立尼和示每。
19 哥辖的儿子， 按着宗族， 是暗兰、以斯哈、希伯伦、乌薛。
20 米拉利的儿子， 按着宗族， 是抹利、母示。这些人按着他们的父家， 都是利未人的宗族。
21 属革顺的， 有立尼家族和示每家族； 这是革顺人的家族。
22 根据所有男丁的数目， 一个月以上， 被数点的， 共有七千五百人。
23 革顺人的家族， 要在帐幕的后面， 就是西方安营；
24 革顺人家族的领袖是拉伊勒的儿子以利雅萨。
25 革顺的子孙在会幕中的职分， 是看守帐幕、罩棚、罩棚的顶盖和会幕门口的帘子，
26 还有院子的帐幕、院子门口的帘子（院子是环绕帐幕和祭坛的）， 以及院子使用的一切绳子。
27 属哥辖的， 有暗兰家族、以斯哈家族、希伯伦家族和乌薛家族； 这是哥辖人的家族。
28 根据所有男丁的数目， 一个月以上的， 共有八千六百人； 他们要尽看守圣所的职分。
29 哥辖子孙的家族要在帐幕的南方安营。
30 哥辖家族的领袖是乌薛的儿子以利撒反。
31 他们的职分是管理约柜、桌子、灯台、两座坛， 以及他们在圣所内使用的器具、帘子和帐幕里使用的一切东西。
32 亚伦祭司的儿子以利亚撒要作利未人众领袖中的领袖， 要监察那些尽看守圣所职分的人。
33 属米拉利的， 有抹利家族和母示家族； 这些是米拉利的家族。
34 根据所有男丁的数目， 一个月以上， 被数点的， 共有六千二百人。
35 米拉利二家族的领袖， 是亚比亥的儿子苏列； 他们要在帐幕的北方安营。
36 米拉利子孙的职分， 是看守帐幕的木板、门闩、柱子、插座、一切器具， 以及负责一切有关的事务，
37 还有看守院子四周的柱子、插座、橛子和绳子。
38 在帐幕前面东边， 就是在会幕向日出的方向安营的， 是摩西、亚伦和亚伦的儿子； 他们代替以色列人应尽的职责， 看守圣所； 外人近前来， 必被治死。
39 摩西和亚伦照着耶和华的命令， 数点了所有的利未人； 按着家族， 凡是男丁， 一个月以上被数点的， 共有二万二千人。
40 耶和华对摩西说： "以色列人中所有头生的男子， 一个月以上的， 你都要数点； 登记他们的姓名。
41 我是耶和华， 你要把利未人归我， 代替以色列人所有头生的； 也要把利未人的牲畜归我， 代替以色列人中一切头生的牲畜。"
42 摩西就照着耶和华吩咐他的， 把以色列人所有头生的都数点了。
43 根据人名的数目， 一个月以上， 凡是头生的男子， 被数点的， 共有二万二千二百七十三个。
44 耶和华对摩西说：
45 "你要拣选利未人代替以色列人所有头生的， 也要拣选利未人的牲畜代替以色列人的牲畜； 利未人要归我， 我是耶和华。
46 至于那超过利未人总数的二百七十三个， 需要赎回的以色列人的长子，
47 你要每人收取赎银五十七克， 要按照人数， 根据圣所的秤收取， 就是按照圣所的标准重量（"就是按照圣所的标准重量"， 原文作"一舍客勒是二十季拉"）。
48 你要把那超额人数的赎银， 交给亚伦和他的儿子。"
49 于是， 摩西就从那些被利未人赎回以外的人收取赎银；
50 从头生的以色列人收取的银子， 根据圣所的秤， 共有六百八十二公斤。
51 摩西照着耶和华的吩咐， 把这赎银交给了亚伦和他的儿子， 正如耶和华吩咐摩西的。
1 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. 4 And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto 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 furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: 13 for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the first-born in Israel, both man and beast; mine they shall be: I am Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of Jehovah, as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27 And 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 are the families of the Kohathites. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36 And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof, 37 and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38 And those that encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42 And Moses numbered, as Jehovah commanded him, all the first-born among the children of Israel. 43 And all the first-born males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah. 46 And for the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the first-born of the children of Israel, that are over and above the number of the Levites, 47 thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs): 48 and thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 49 And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites; 50 from the first-born of the children of Israel took he the money, a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51 and Moses gave the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of Jehovah, as Jehovah commanded Moses.