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25 On the north side camped the sons of Dan: 3 These the names of the sons of Aaron the
whose prince was Ahiezar the son of Ammisad- priests that were anointed, and whose hands
dai. were filled and consecrated, to do the functions
26 The whole army of his fighting men, that of priesthood.
were numbered, were sixty-two thousand seven 4 Now Nadab and Abiu died, without chil-
hundred. dren, when they offered strange fire before the
27 Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched Lord, in the desert of Sinai: and Eleazar and
their tents: whose prince was Phegiel the son of Ithamar performed the priestly office in the pres-
Ochran. ence of Aaron their father.
28 The whole army of his fighting men, that 5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
were numbered, were forty-one thousand five 6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them
hundred. stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to min-
29 Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the ister to him, and let them watch,
prince was Ahira the son of Enan. 7 And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the
30 The whole army of his fighting men, were service of the multitude before the tabernacle of
fifty-three thousand four hundred. the testimony,
31 All that were numbered in the camp of 8 And let them keep the vessels of the taber-
Dan, were a hundred and fifty-seven thousand nacle, serving in the ministry thereof.
six hundred: and they shall march last. 9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,
32 This is the number of the children of Israel,
10 To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they
of their army divided according to the houses of are delivered by the children of Israel. But thou
their kindreds and their troops, six hundred and
shalt appoint Aaron and his sons over the service
three thousand five hundred and fifty.
of priesthood. The stranger that approacheth to
33 And the Levites were not numbered among minister, shall be put to death.
the children of Israel: for so the Lord had com-
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
manded Moses.
12 I have taken the Levites from the chil-
34 And the children of Israel did according to
dren of Israel, for every firstborn that openeth
all things that the Lord had commanded. They
the womb among the children of Israel, and the
camped by their troops, and marched by the
Levites shall be mine.
families and houses of their fathers.
13 For every firstborn is mine: since I struck
the firstborn in the land of Egypt: I have sanc-
Chapter 3 tified to myself whatsoever is firstborn in Israel
both of man and beast, they are mine: I am the
These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in Lord.
the day that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount 14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert
Sinai. of Sinai, saying:
2 And these the names of the sons of Aaron: 15 Number the sons of Levi by the houses of
his firstborn Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and their fathers and their families, every male from
Ithamar. one month and upward.