Verse 35
Numbers 3:35
Free Bible Version
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The Lord told Moses, “Conduct a census of all the firstborn Israelite males aged one month or older, and register their names.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/נְשִׂ֤יא בֵֽית אָב֙ לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מְרָרִ֔י צוּרִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן אֲבִיחָ֑יִל עַ֣ל יֶ֧רֶךְ הַ/מִּשְׁכָּ֛ן יַחֲנ֖וּ צָפֹֽנָ/ה
English Translation
And the leader of the house of the family of the Merarites was Zuriel the son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.
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Chapter 3 Context
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The names of the sons of Aaron were: Nadab (firstborn), Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Nadab and Abihu died in the Lord's presence when they offered forbidden fire before the Lord in the...
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The Lord told Moses,
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“Gather the tribe of Levi together and present them to Aaron the priest to help him with the ministr...
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They are to carry out duties on his behalf and for all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting, lookin...
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They are responsible for caring for all the furniture of the Tent of Meeting, serving the Israelites...
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You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to have the responsibility of the priesthood. Anyone else who...
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The Lord told Moses,
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“I've taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every one of their firstborn. The Levites be...
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because all the firstborn are mine. When I killed every firstborn in Egypt I set apart as holy to me...
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The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert. He told him,
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“Register the Levites by their father's line and family. Count every male aged one month or older.”
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So Moses registered them following the Lord's instructions, just as he had been told.
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These were the names of Levi's sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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These were the names of Gershon's sons by family: Libni and Shimei.
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Kohath's sons by family were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Merari's sons by family were Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites, according to t...
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The family of Libni and the family of Shimei came from Gershon. These were the families of Gershon.
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The total of all males aged one month or older was 7,500.
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The camp of families of Gershon was to the west, behind the Tabernacle.
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The leader of the Gershon families was Eliasaph, son of Lael.
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Their assigned responsibility for the Tent of Meeting was to take care of the Tabernacle and tent, i...
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the courtyard curtains, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the Tabernacle and...
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The families of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel came from Kohath. These were the families of Kohath...
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The total of all males aged one month or older was 8,600. Their assigned responsibility was to take...
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Their assigned responsibility was to care for the Ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the art...
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The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest. He was in charge of th...
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The family of Mahli and the family of Mushi came from Merari. These were the families of Merari.
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The total of all males aged one month or older was 6,200.
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The leader of the Merari families was Zuriel, son of Abihail. Their camp was on the north side of th...
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Their assigned responsibility was to take care of the Tabernacle's frames, crossbars, posts, stands,...
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as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their stands, tent pegs, and ropes.
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The camp of Moses, Aaron, and Aaron's sons was to the east of the Tabernacle, in the direction of th...
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The sum total of Levites registered by Moses and Aaron as the Lord ordered was 22,000. This included...
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The Lord told Moses, “Conduct a census of all the firstborn Israelite males aged one month or older,...
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Assign the Levites to me. I am the Lord. They are in place of all of the Israelites' firstborn child...
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Moses conducted a census of all the firstborn of the Israelites, as the Lord had instructed him.
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The sum total of the firstborn males a month old or more, registered by name, was 22,273.
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The Lord spoke to Moses and told him,
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“You are to take the Levites in place of all the firstborn children of Israel, and the livestock of...
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In order to buy back the 273 firstborn Israelites who are more than the number of Levites,
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collect five shekels for each of them (using the sanctuary shekel standard of twenty gerahs).
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He handed the money over to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for the extra Israelites.”
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He collected the money given on behalf of the Israelites' firstborn children. It came to 1,365 sheke...
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Moses gave this redemption money to Aaron and his sons as the Lord had told him to, following the Lo...
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