1 Eis a posteridade de Aarão e de Moisés, no tempo em que o Senhor falou a Moisés no monte Sinai.2 Eis os nomes dos filhos de Aarão: Nadab, o mais velho, Abiú, Eleazar e Itamar.3 São estes os nomes dos filhos de Aarão, sacerdotes que receberam a unção e a investidura sacerdotal.4 Nadab e Abiú morreram diante do Senhor, quando levaram à sua presença um fogo estranho no deserto do Sinai. Não tinham filhos. Eleazar e Itamar exerceram o ministério sacerdotal em presença de Aarão, seu pai.5 O Senhor disse a Moisés:6 "Manda vir a tribo de Levi e apresenta-a ao sacerdote Aarão para servi-lo.7 Os levitas se encarregarão de tudo o que foi confiado aos seus cuidados e aos de toda a assembléia, diante da tenda de reunião: e farão assim o serviço do tabernáculo.8 Cuidarão de todos os utensílios da tenda de reunião e do que foi confiado aos cuidados dos israelitas; e farão assim o serviço do tabernáculo.9 Darás os levitas a Aarão e seus filhos. Eles serão escolhidos dentre os filhos de Israel para serem inteiramente dele.10 Estabelecerás Aarão e seus filhos para exercerem o ministério sacerdotal. O estrangeiro que se aproximar do santuário será punido de morte."11 O Senhor disse a Moisés:12 "Eu tomei os levitas dentre os filhos de Israel em lugar de todo primogênito, que abre o seio de sua mãe entre todos os israelitas. Os levitas serão meus.13 Com efeito, todo primogênito é meu. No dia em que feri todos os primogênitos no Egito, reservei para mim todos os que nascem primeiro em Israel, desde os homens até os animais; são meus. Eu sou o Senhor."14 O Senhor disse a Moisés no deserto do Sinai:15 "Conta os levitas segundo suas casas patriarcais e segundo suas famílias, todos os varões de um mês para cima."16 E Moisés fez esse recenseamento conforme o Senhor lhe tinha ordenado.17 Eis os nomes dos filhos de Levi: Gérson, Caat e Merari.18 Eis os nomes dos filhos de Gérson, segundo suas famílias: Lebni e Semei.19 Filhos de Caat segundo suas famílias: Amrão, Jesaar, Hebron e Oziel.20 Filhos de Merari, segundo suas famílias: Mooli e Musi. São estas as famílias de Levi, segundo suas casas patriarcais.21 De Gérson provêm as famílias de Lebni e de Semei: são as famílias dos gersonitas.22 Contando todos os varões da idade de um mês para cima, foram recenseados 7.500.23 As famílias dos gersonitas acampavam ao ocidente, atrás do tabernáculo.24 O príncipe da casa patriarcal dos gersonitas era Eliasaf, filho de Lael.25 Na tenda de reunião tinham os gersonitas o cuidado do tabernáculo e da tenda, de sua coberta, do véu que cobria a entrada da tenda de reunião,26 das cortinas do átrio, do véu de entrada no átrio, que circundavam o tabernáculo e o altar, e de suas cordas para todo o serviço.27 De Caat provém as famílias dos amramitas, dos jessaritas, dos habronitas e os ozielitas: estas são as famílias dos caatitas.28 Contando todos os varões da idade de um mês para cima, havia 8.300 encarregados do santuário.29 As famílias dos caatitas acampavam para a banda do meio-dia, ao lado do tabernáculo.30 O príncipe da casa patriarcal das famílias dos caatitas era Elisafã, filho de Oziel.31 Aos seus cuidados foi confiada a guarda da arca, da mesa, do candelabro, dos altares e dos utensílios do santuário que serviam para o ministério, o véu e tudo o que se relacionava com o seu serviço.32 O príncipe dos príncipes dos levitas era Eleazar, filho do sacerdote Aarão: ele tinha a superintendência sobre os que velavam pela guarda do santuário.33 De Merari provêm a família dos moolitas e as dos musitas: estas são as famílias dos meraritas.34 Contando todos os varões da idade de um mês para cima, foram recenseados 6.200.35 O príncipe da casa patriarcal das famílias de Merari era Suriel, filho de Abiaiel. Acampavam ao norte do tabernáculo.36 Os filhos de Merari tinham a guarda das tábuas do tabernáculo, de suas travessas, suas colunas, seus pedestais, de todos os seus utensílios e de todo o seu serviço,37 das colunas que se encontravam em volta do átrio com seus pedestais, suas estacas e suas cordas.38 Moisés, Aarão e seus filhos acampavam diante do tabernáculo, ao oriente, diante da tenda de reunião, ao nascente, e tinham o cuidado do santuário para os israelitas. O estrangeiro que se aproximasse devia ser punido de morte.39 O total dos levitas recenseados por Moisés, segundo suas famílias, assim como o Senhor ordenara todos os varões da idade de um mês para cima, era de 22.00040 O Senhor disse a Moisés: "Faze o recenseamento de todos os primogênitos varões entre os israelitas, da idade de um mês para cima, e faze o levantamento dos seus nomes.41 Tomarás para mim os levitas em lugar de todos os primogênitos israelitas. Eu sou o Senhor. Tomarás o gado dos levitas em lugar de todos os primogênitos do gado dos israelitas."42 Moisés recenseou todos os primogênitos israelitas segundo a ordem que lhe tinha dado o Senhor.43 Todos os primogênitos varões recenseados e contados nominalmente, da idade de um mês para cima, eram 22.273.44 O Senhor disse a Moisés:45 "Toma os levitas em lugar de todos os primogênitos israelitas, e o gado dos levitas em lugar do deles. Os levitas serão meus. Eu sou o Senhor.46 Como resgate dos 273 primogênitos israelitas que excedem o número dos levitas,47 tomarás cinco siclos por cabeça, de acordo com o siclo do santuário, o qual é de vinte gueras.48 Darás esse dinheiro a Aarão e a seus filhos para o resgate daqueles que ultrapassam o número dos levitas".49 Moisés pegou o dinheiro do resgate dos primogênitos que ultrapassavam o número dos que tinham sido resgatados pelos levitas.50 Assim recolheu a quantia de 1.365 siclos, segundo o siclo do santuário.51 E Moisés entregou o dinheiro do resgate a Aarão e a seus filhos, conforme a ordem que o Senhor lhe tinha dado.

1 And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, on the day that the Lord spoke with Moses on mount Sinai.2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: the firstborn Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar.3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests that were anointed, who were consecrated to minister as priests.4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered a strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Elazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the life–time of Aaron their father.5 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present the same before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.8 And they shall keep all the vessels of the tent of the congregation, 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: as associates are they given unto him out of the children of Israel.10 And Aaron and his sons shalt thou instruct, that they shall guard well their priest’s office; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.11 And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,12 And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel instead of every first–born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine.13 Because mine is every first–born; on the day when I smote every first–born in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me every first–born in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be; I am the Lord.14 And the Lord spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,15 Number the children of Levi after their divisions, by their families; every male of them from a month old and upward shalt thou number.16 And Moses numbered them according to the order of the Lord, as he had been commanded.17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kehath, and Merari.18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon after their families: Libni, and Shimi.19 And the sons of Kehath after their families: ‘Amram, and Yizhar, Chebron, and ‘Uzziel.20 And the sons of Merari after their families: Machli, and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites according to their family divisions.21 Of Gershon: the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershunites.22 Those that were numbered of them, by the numbering 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 Gershunites used to encamp behind the tabernacle, westward.24 And the prince of the family division of the Gershunites was Elyassaph the son of Lael.25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar, round about, and its cords for all the service thereof.27 And of Kehath: the family of the ‘Amramites, and the family of the Yizharites, and the family of the Chebronites, and the family of the ‘Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kehathites.28 By the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, they were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.29 The families of the sons of Kehath used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, southward.30 And the prince of the division of the families of the Kehathites was Elizaphan the son of ‘Uzziel.31 And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary which are used for the service, and the vail, and all belonging thereto.32 And the chief over the princes of the Levites was Elazar the son of Aaron the priest, having the oversight of those that kept the charge of the sanctuary.33 Of Merari: the family of the Machlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.34 And those that were numbered of them, by the numbering of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.35 And the chief of the division of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abichayil: they used to encamp on the side of the tabernacle, northward.36 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari were the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all that belongeth thereto,37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.38 But those that encamped before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation toward the rising of the sun, were Moses, and Aaron, and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that came nigh was to be put to death.39 All that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses numbered with Aaron, at the order of the Lord, according to their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.40 And the Lord 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 the Lord, instead of all the first–born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first–born among the cattle of the children of Israel.42 And Moses numbered, as the Lord had commanded him, all the first–born among the children of Israel.43 And all the first–born males, by the numbering of the names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and seventy and three.44 And the Lord spoke 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 the Lord.46 And for those that are to be redeemed, the two hundred and seventy and three of the first–born of the children of Israel, who are more than the Levites,47 Thou shalt take five shekels apiece for the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take, twenty gerahs to the shekel;48 And thou shalt give unto Aaron and to his sons the money, for those who are to be redeemed of those that are over the number of them.49 And Moses took the redemption–money of those that were over in number above those who were redeemed by the Levites:50 Of the first–born of the children of Israel did he take the money; a thousand three hundred and sixty and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.51 And Moses gave the money of those who were redeemed unto Aaron and unto his sons, by the order of the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Moses.