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And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the
children of Israel went
onward in all their journeys:
Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the
herd, and of the flock.
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the
herd or the flock.
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins
unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his
oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘
Anyone who presents a peace offering to the LORD must bring it as his sacrifice to the LORD.
For the wave breast and the
heave shoulder have I taken of the
children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the
children of Israel.
I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the
thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the
children of Israel, in the day that he
anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
On the day they were
anointed, the LORD commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount
Sinai, in the day that he commanded the
children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of
Sinai.
which the LORD gave Moses on Mount
Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of
Sinai.
And unto the
children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a
kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a
calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without
blemish, for a burnt offering;
Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a
calf and a lamb—both a year old and without
blemish—for a burnt offering,
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
And the wave breast and
heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the
children of Israel.
And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the
thigh of the contribution in a
ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your
children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
The
heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.
They are to bring the
thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the offerings made by fire, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your
children, as the LORD has commanded.”
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her
infirmity shall she be unclean.
“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes
pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her
menstruation.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.
“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
Thus shall ye separate the
children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they
defile my tabernacle that is among them.
You must keep the
children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by
defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.
And he shall make an
atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the
children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
So he shall make
atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and
rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them, because it is surrounded by their impurities.
And he shall
sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and
cleanse it, and
hallow it from the uncleanness of the
children of Israel.
He is to
sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to
cleanse it and
consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and
confess over him all the
iniquities of the
children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and
confess over it all the
iniquities and
rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
And this shall be an
everlasting statute unto you, to make an
atonement for the
children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
This is to be a permanent statute for you, to make
atonement once a year for the Israelites because of all their sins.” And all this was done as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
“Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them this is what the LORD has commanded:
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.
Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
And
whatsoever man there be of the
children of Israel, or of the strangers that
sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
And if any
Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must
drain its blood and cover it with
dirt.
For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the
children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof:
whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.
For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood;
whoever eats it must be cut off.’
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to
Molech, neither shalt thou
profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
You must not give any of your
children to be sacrificed to
Molech, for you must not
profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
Thou shalt not
avenge, nor bear any
grudge against the
children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself: I am the LORD.
Again, thou shalt say to the
children of Israel,
Whosoever he be of the
children of Israel, or of the strangers that
sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto
Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any
Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his
children to
Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto
Molech, and kill him not:
And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his
children to
Molech,
And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.
Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the
children of Israel, and that they
profane not my holy name in those things which they
hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not
profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
Say unto them,
Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the
children of Israel
hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites
consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or
divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
But if a priest’s daughter with no
children becomes widowed or
divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
And they shall not
profane the holy things of the
children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
The priests must not
profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the
children of Israel, and say unto them,
Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his
oblation for all his vows, and for all his
freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to
fulfill a
vow or as a
freewill offering,
Neither shall ye
profane my holy name; but I will be
hallowed among the
children of Israel: I am the LORD which
hallow you,
You must not
profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall
proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to
proclaim as sacred
assemblies.
Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall
reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a
sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you
reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a
sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a
memorial of blowing of
trumpets, an holy
convocation.
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly
announced by
trumpet blasts.
Speak unto the
children of Israel, saying, The
fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the
fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
So Moses
announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.
“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the
children of Israel by an
everlasting covenant.
Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
And the son of an
Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the
children of Israel: and this son of the
Israelitish woman and a man of Israel
strove together in the camp;
Now the son of an
Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an
Israelite.
And thou shalt speak unto the
children of Israel, saying,
Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If
anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
And Moses spake to the
children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had
cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the
children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the
blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.
So whatever belongs to the Levites may be redeemed—a house sold in a city they possess—and must be released in the
Jubilee, because the houses in the cities of the Levites are their possession among the Israelites.
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.
Moreover of the
children of the strangers that do
sojourn among you, of them shall ye
buy, and of their families that are with you, which they
begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
You may also purchase them from the foreigners residing among you or their clans living among you who are born in your land. These may become your property.
And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your
children after you, to
inherit them for a possession; they shall be your
bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the
children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
You may leave them to your sons after you to
inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, both he, and his children with him.
Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his
children shall be released in the Year of
Jubilee.
For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
For the Israelites are My servants. They are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall
rob you of your
children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be
desolate.
I will send wild animals against you to
rob you of your
children, destroy your
livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie
desolate.
These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the
children of Israel in mount
Sinai by the hand of Moses.
These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount
Sinai.
Speak unto the
children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular
vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy
estimation.
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special
vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the
children of Israel in mount
Sinai.
These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount
Sinai.
Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.
Of the
children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of
Manasseh;
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from
Manasseh,
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
And the
children of
Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Reuben, the
firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the
children of
Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the
children of
Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the
children of
Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the
children of
Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of Joseph:
Of the
children of
Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
And from the sons of
Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the
children of
Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
Of the
children of
Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
From the sons of
Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.
Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Every man of the
children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the
ensign of their father’s house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.
And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of
Amminadab shall be captain of the
children of Judah.
On the east side, toward the
sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of
Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the
children of
Issachar.
The tribe of
Issachar will camp next to it. The leader of the Issacharites is Nethanel son of Zuar,
Then the tribe of
Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the
children of
Zebulun.
Next will be the tribe of
Zebulun. The leader of the Zebulunites is Eliab son of Helon,
On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the
children of
Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
On the south side, the divisions of
Reuben are to camp under their standard:
And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of
Simeon: and the captain of the
children of
Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
The tribe of
Simeon will camp next to it. The leader of the Simeonites is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai,
And by him shall be the tribe of
Manasseh: and the captain of the
children of
Manasseh shall be
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
The tribe of
Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is
Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
The standard of the camp of
Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the
children of
Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
On the north side, the divisions of
Dan are to camp under their standard:
And those that
encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the
children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
The tribe of Asher will camp next to it. The leader of the Asherites is Pagiel son of Ocran,
Then the tribe of
Naphtali: and the captain of the
children of
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
Next will be the tribe of
Naphtali. The leader of the Naphtalites is Ahira son of Enan,
These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.
And
Nadab and
Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of
Sinai, and they had no
children: and
Eleazar and
Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
Nadab and
Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of
Sinai. And since they had no sons, only
Eleazar and
Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and
fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.
Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the
children of Israel instead of all the
firstborn that openeth the
matrix among the
children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the
children of Israel in place of every
firstborn Israelite from the
womb. The Levites belong to Me,
Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
But those that
encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, 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.
Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the
sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.