1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. 4 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7 They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel. 10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death."
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine, 13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh."
14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 "Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."
16 Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.
17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 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 who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
24 Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites. 25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, 26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, 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 six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle. 30 The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service. 32 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements 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 Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
35 The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle. 36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service, 37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death. 39 All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 Yahweh said to Moses, "Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 You shall take the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."
42 Moses counted, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43 All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 45 "Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh. 46 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites, 47 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs); 48 and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."
49 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites; 50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to Yahweh’s word, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
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。