1 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.2 And 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 anointed priests, whom he consecrated to serve as priests.4 Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.5 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them 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 meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.8 And they shall have charge of all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.9 And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are assigned to him from among the sons of Israel.10 Thus you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall have charge of the priesthood; but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:12 And behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the sons of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,13 because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to Myself every firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They are Mine: I am Jehovah.14 And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:15 Number the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above.16 So Moses numbered them at the mouth of Jehovah, as he had been commanded.17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, 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, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These, the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.21 From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these were the families of the Gershonites.22 Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above; of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred.23 The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle westward.24 And the leader of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.25 The charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,26 the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all their work.27 From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.28 The number of all the males, from a month old and above, were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.29 The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.30 And the leader of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.31 Their charge was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the veil, and all their service.32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.33 From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.34 And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred.35 The leader of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. These were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.36 And the oversight and charge of the sons of Merari was the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all their service,37 and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords.38 And those who were to encamp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary, to keep the charge of the children of Israel. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.39 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the mouth of Jehovah, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.40 And Jehovah said to Moses: Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.41 And you shall take the Levites for Me (I am Jehovah) instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel.42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, as Jehovah had commanded him.43 And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.44 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying:45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites are Mine: I am Jehovah.46 And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel, who are more than the Levites,47 you shall take five shekels per head; you shall take them according to the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs.48 And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons.49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites.50 From the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.51 And Moses gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, at the mouth of Jehovah, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

1 These ben the generaciouns of Aaron and of Moises, in the dai in which the Lord spak to Moises, in the hil of Synay.2 And these ben the names of `the sones of Aaron; his first gendrid, Nadab; aftirward, Abyu, and Eleazar, and Ythamar; these ben the names of `Aarons sones,3 preestis, that weren anoyntid, and whos hondis weren fillid and halewid, that thei schulden `be set in preesthod.4 Nadab and Abyu, whanne thei offeriden alien fier in the `siyt of the Lord, in the deseert of Synay, weren deed without fre children; and Eleazar and Ythamar `weren set in preesthod bifor Aaron hir fadir.5 And the Lord spak to Moises,6 `and seide, `Presente thou the lynage of Leuy, and make to stonde in the siyt of Aaron, preest, that thei mynystre to hym;7 and wake, and that thei kepe what euer thing perteyneth to the religioun of multitude, bifor the tabernacle of witnessyng;8 and that thei kepe the vessels of the tabernacle, and serue in the seruyce therof.9 And thou schalt yyue bi fre yifte the Leuytis to Aaron and hise sones, to whiche thei ben youun of the sones of Israel.10 Sotheli thou schalt ordeyne Aaron and hise sones on the religioun of preesthod; a straungere, that neiyeth for to mynystre, and schal die.11 And the Lord spak to Moyses, `and seide,12 Y haue take the Leuytis of the sones of Israel for ech firste gendrid thing that openeth the womb in the sones of Israel; and the Leuytis schulen be myne,13 for ech firste gendrid thing is myn; sithen Y smoot the firste gendrid in the lond of Egipt, Y halewide to me what euer thing is borun first in Israel; fro man `til to beest thei ben myne; Y am the Lord.14 And the Lord spak to Moises in the deseert15 of Synay, and seide, Noumbre thou the sones of Leuy bi `the housis of her fadris, and bi meynees, ech male fro o monethe and aboue.16 Moises noumbride, as the Lord comaundide.17 And the sones of Leuy weren foundun, bi her names, Gerson, and Caath, and Merary;18 the sones of Gerson weren Lebny, and Semey;19 the sones of Caath weren Amram, and Jessaar, Hebron, and Oziel;20 and the sones of Merari weren Mooly, and Musi.21 Of Gerson weren twei meynees, of Lebny, and of Semei;22 of whiche the puple of male kynde was noumbrid, fro o monethe and aboue, seuene thousynde and fyue hundrid.23 These schulen sette tentis aftir the tabernacle at the west,24 vndur the prince Eliasaph, the sone of Jahel.25 And thei schulen haue kepyngis in the tabernacle of boond of pees, the tabernacle it silf, and the hilyng therof, the tente which is drawun bifor the yatis of the hilyng of the witnessyng of boond of pees;26 and the curteyns of the greet street, also the tente which is hangid in the entryng of the greet street of the tabernacle, and what euer thing perteyneth to the custom of the auter, the cordis of the tabernacle, and al the purtenaunce therof.27 The kynrede of Caath schal haue the puplis of Amram, and of Jessaar, and of Ebron, and of Oziel;28 these ben the meynees of Caathitis, noumbrid bi her names, alle of male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, eiyte thousynde and sixe hundrid.29 Thei schulen haue kepyngis of the seyntuarie, and schulen sette tentis at the south coost;30 and `the prince of hem schal be Elisaphan, the sone of Oziel.31 And thei schulen kepe the arke, and the boord, and the candilstike, the auters, and vesselis of the seyntuarie in whiche it is mynystrid, and the veil, and al sich purtenaunce.32 Sotheli the prince of princis of Leuytis schal be Eleazar, the sone of Aaron, preest; and he schal be on the keperis of the kepyng of the seyntuarie.33 And sotheli of Merary schulen be the puplis of Mooli, and of Musi,34 noumbrid bi her names, alle of male kynde fro o monethe and aboue, sixe thousynde and two hundrid;35 `the prince of hem schal be Suriel, the sone of Abiahiel; thei schulen sette tentis in the north coost.36 And vndur `the kepyng of hem schulen be the tablis of the tabernacle, and the barris, and the pileris, and `the foundementis of tho, and alle thingis that perteynen to sich ournyng,37 and the pileris of the greet street bi cumpas, with her foundementis, and the stakis with coordis.38 Forsothe Moises and Aaron with hise sones schulen sette tentis bifor the tabernacle of boond of pees, that is, at the eest coost, and schulen haue the keping of the seyntuarie, in the myddis of the sones of Israel; what euer alien neiyeth, he schal die.39 Alle the Leuytis, whiche Moises and Aaron noumbriden, bi comaundement of the Lord, bi her meynees, in male kynde, fro o monethe and aboue, were two and twenti thousynd.40 And the Lord seide to Moises, Noumbre thou the firste gendrid children of male kynde of the sones of Israel, fro o monethe and aboue; and thou schalt haue the summe of hem; and41 thou schalt take Leuytis to me for alle the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel; Y am the Lord; and thou schalt take `the beestis of hem for alle the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel.42 And as the Lord comaundide, Moises noumbride the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel; and the males weren bi her names,43 fro o monethe and aboue, two and twenti thousynde two hundrid and seuenti and thre.44 And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide,45 Take thou Leuytis for the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel, and the beestis of Leuytis for the beestis of hem, and the Leuytis schulen be myne; Y am the Lord.46 Forsothe in the prijs of two hundrid seuenti and thre, that passen the noumbre of `Leuytis, of the firste gendrid children of the sones of Israel,47 thou schalt take fyue ciclis bi ech heed, at the mesure of seyntuarie; a sicle hath xx. halpens;48 and thou schalt yyue the money to Aaron and to hise sones, the prijs of hem that ben aboue.49 Therfor Moises took the money of hem that weren aboue, and whiche thei hadden ayenbouyt of the Leuytis, for the firste gendrid of the sones of Israel,50 a thousand thre hundrid sixti and fyue of siclis, bi the weiyte of seyntuarie;51 and he yaf that money to Aaron and to hise sones, bi the word which the Lord comaundide to hym.