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Numbers 3
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Aaron’s sons

3 These are the descendants of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of Aaron’s sons, who are the anointed priests and ordained to the priesthood. 4 Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they made an unauthorized offering to the Lord in the Sinai desert. They didn’t have any sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

The Levites’ first census

5 The Lord spoke to Moses: 6 Bring near the tribe of Levi and place them before Aaron the priest. They will assist him. 7 They will perform duties for him and for the entire community before the meeting tent, doing the work of the dwelling. 8 They will be responsible for all the equipment of the meeting tent and the duties on behalf of the Israelites when they do the work of the dwelling. 9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been assigned as a gift to him from the Israelites. 10 You will appoint Aaron and his sons to be responsible for the priesthood. Any other person who approaches will be put to death.

11 The Lord spoke to Moses: 12 I claim the Levites from the Israelites in place of all the oldest males who open an Israelite womb. The Levites are mine 13 because all the oldest males are mine. When I killed all the oldest males in the land of Egypt, I reserved for myself all the oldest males in Israel, both humans and animals. They are mine; I am the Lord.

14 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert: 15 Enroll the Levites by their households and their clans. You will enroll all the males over one month old. 16 Moses enrolled them according to the Lord’s word as he was commanded. 17 These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 Kohath’s sons by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 Merari’s sons by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi by their households.

21 To Gershon belonged the clans of Libni and Shimei. These were the clans of the Gershonites. 22 Their enrollment, according to the number of males over one month old, was 7,500. 23 The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the dwelling on the west side. 24 The chief of the household of the Gershonites was Eliasaph, Lael’s son. 25 In the dwelling, the Gershonites were responsible for the meeting tent, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the meeting tent, 26 the curtains of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance of the courtyard surrounding the meeting tent and the altar, and its cords—all these structures.

27 To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites. These were the clans of the Kohathites. 28 The number of males over one month old, who would perform duties for the sanctuary, was 8,600. 29 The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the dwelling. 30 The chief of the household representing the clans of the Kohathites was Elizaphan, Uzziel’s son. 31 They were responsible for the chest, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the equipment of the sanctuary with which they would minister, and the screen—all these furnishings. 32 The head chief over the chiefs of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest. He was supervisor over those performing the duties of the sanctuary.

33 To Merari belonged the clans of Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Merarites. 34 Their enrollment, according to the number of males over one month old, was 6,200. 35 The chief of the household representing the clans of the Merarites was Zuriel, Abihail’s son. They were to camp on the north side of the dwelling. 36 The Merarites were assigned responsibility for the frames of the dwelling, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its equipment—all these items— 37 and the pillars of the courtyard all around, their bases, pegs, and cords.

38 Those camping in front of the dwelling eastward (that is, before the meeting tent on the east side) were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as service for the Israelites. Anyone else who approached would be put to death. 39 The total enrollment of the Levites, all the males over one month old whom Moses and Aaron enrolled by orders from the Lord, according to their clans, was 22,000.

Levites rescue the oldest male Israelites

40 The Lord said to Moses: Enroll all the oldest males of the Israelites over one month of age and record their names. 41 Take the Levites for me, in place of all the oldest sons of the Israelites, for I am the Lord, and the cattle of the Levites in place of all the oldest cattle of the Israelites. 42 Moses enrolled all the oldest males of the Israelites as the Lord commanded. 43 All the oldest males over one month old, recorded by name according to their enrollment, were 22,273.

44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 45 Take the Levites in place of all the oldest Israelites and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle. The Levites are mine; I am the Lord. 46 To rescue the 273 remaining oldest Israelites over and above the number of Levites, 47 you will receive five shekels each. You will receive them according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs to the shekel. 48 You will give the money for their rescue to Aaron and his sons.

49 So Moses took the money from those rescued over and above the ones rescued by the Levites. 50 He took the money from the oldest of the Israelites, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. 51 Moses gave the money for those rescued to Aaron and his sons according to the Lord’s word, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Berättelsen om Arons och Moses släkt

3 Det här är berättelsen om Arons och Moses släkt vid den tid Herren samtalade med Mose på berget Sinai. 2 Arons söner hette Nadav, som var den äldste, och Avihu, Elasar och Itamar.

3 Så hette alltså Arons söner, smorda till präster och avskilda för att tjäna som präster. 4 Men Nadav och Avihu dog inför Herren i Sinai öken när de använde otillåten eld och eftersom de inte hade några barn, återstod bara Elasar och Itamar som präster under sin far Aron.

5 Då talade Herren till Mose: 6 ”Sammankalla Levi stam och låt dem få bli assistenter till Aron. 7 De ska utföra heliga tjänster åt honom och hela menigheten framför uppenbarelsetältet. 8 De har ansvaret för alla tillbehör och för allt som ska utföras för israeliternas räkning i boningen. 9 Ge alltså leviterna till Arons och hans söners tjänst som avskilda åt honom från de övriga israeliterna. 10 Men bara Aron och hans söner får sköta själva prästtjänsten och om någon annan försöker tränga sig in, ska han dödas.”

11 Herren talade också till Mose: 12 ”Jag har tagit leviterna i stället för alla förstfödda söner bland folket i Israel. Leviterna är mina. 13 Allt förstfött tillhör mig. Från den dag jag dödade egypternas alla förstfödda söner har jag helgat det förstfödda i Israel åt mig, både bland människor och djur. De är mina. Jag är Herren.”

Folkräkningen av Levis stam

14 Herren talade nu än en gång till Mose i Sinaiöknen och sa till honom: 15 ”Mönstra folket i Levi stam familj för familj och släkt för släkt. Räkna varje man och pojke från en månads ålder och uppåt.” 16 Mose mönstrade dem som Herren hade befallt.

17 Namnen på Levis söner var Gershon, Kehat och Merari.

18 Namnen på Gershons söner efter sina släkter var Livni och Shimi.

19 Kehats söner efter sina släkter var Amram, Jishar, Hebron och Ussiel.

20 Meraris söner efter sina släkter var Machli och Mushi.

Dessa var leviternas släkter efter sina familjer.

Gershon

21 Från Gershon härstammade livniterna och shimiterna, de gershonitiska släkterna. 22 Det totala antalet mönstrade från en månads ålder och uppåt var 7 500. 23 Gershoniterna hade sitt läger bakom tältet på den västra sidan. 24 Eljasaf, Laels son, var överhuvud för gershoniternas familjer. 25 Gershoniterna hade ansvaret för uppenbarelsetältet, boningen med tält och dess överdrag, förhänget framför ingången till uppenbarelsetältet, 26 förgårdens omhängen, förhänget för ingången till förgården runt tältet och altaret, alla tältlinor och allt arbete i samband med detta.

Kehat

27 Från Kehat härstammade amramiterna, jishariterna, hebroniterna och ussieliterna, de kehatitiska släkterna. 28 Det totala antalet män och pojkar från en månads ålder och uppåt var 8 300. Deras uppgift var att sköta om de heliga föremålen. 29 Kehatiternas släkter hade sitt läger bredvid tältet på den södra sidan. 30 Elisafan, Ussiels son, var överhuvud för deras familjer. 31 Kehatiternas ansvar var arken, bordet, lampstället, altarna, de heliga föremålen som användes vid tjänsten, förhänget och arbetet i samband med dess användning. 32 Den högste ledaren för alla leviterna var Elasar, prästen Arons son. Han var alltså överhuvud för alla dem som hade ansvaret för helgedomen.

Merari

33 Från Merari härstammade de meraritiska släkterna machliterna och mushiterna. 34 Det totala antalet mönstrade män och pojkar från en månads ålder och uppåt var 6 200. 35 Suriel, Avichajils son, var överhuvud för de meraritiska släkternas familjer. Deras lägerplats var bredvid boningen på den norra sidan. 36 Merariterna fick till uppgift att sköta om brädorna till helgedomen, dess tvärbalkar, stolpar, socklar, alla tillbehör och arbetet med dem 37 samt stolparna runt förgården med sina socklar, pluggar och linor.

Mose och Aron

38 Mitt för boningen, öster om det, skulle Mose och Aron och hans söner ha sitt läger. Det var de som för Israels folks räkning hade det yttersta ansvaret för helgedomen. Varje utomstående som kom i närheten av den måste dödas.

39 Den mönstring som Mose och Aron gjorde på Herrens order bland leviterna efter deras släkter visade på sammanlagt 22 000 män och pojkar från en månads ålder.

Alla förstfödda söner räknas

40 Sedan sa Herren till Mose: ”Räkna hur många förstfödda söner det finns i Israel som är en månad gamla och äldre och skriv upp deras namn. 41 Leviterna ska du avskilja för att vara mina som ersättning för de förstfödda sönerna i Israel. Jag är Herren. Leviternas boskapsdjur ska också tillhöra mig som ersättning för det förstfödda bland israeliternas boskap.”

42 Mose företog alltså en folkräkning av de äldsta sönerna bland Israels folk som Herren hade befallt honom 43 och han fick det sammanlagda antalet förstfödda söner som var en månad och äldre till 22 273.

44 Då talade Herren till Mose: 45 ”Ta leviterna i stället för alla förstfödda bland Israels folk och leviternas boskapsdjur i stället för det förstfödda bland Israels folks boskap. Leviterna ska tillhöra mig. Jag är Herren. 46 Till lösen för de 273 söner, det antal som överstiger antalet leviter, 47 ska du för var och en betala fem siklar[a] i silver efter tempelvikt med sikeln räknad till 20 gera 48 till Aron och hans söner som lösen för de övertaliga.”

49 Mose tog alltså lösesumman för de 273 förstfödda söner i Israel som översteg antalet leviter och som inte var inlösta mot leviter. 50 Det silver som samlades in från de förstfödda israeliterna uppgick till 1 365 siklar efter tempelvikt. 51 Mose gav detta till Aron och hans söner så som Herren hade befallt.

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  1. 3:47 1 sikel=12 gram.
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Numbers 3
Lexham English Bible

Aaron’s Sons

3 These are the genealogies of Aaron and Moses at the time[a] when Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of the descendants of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, the anointed ones whom he consecrated as priests.[b] 4 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh[c] when they presented a strange fire before Yahweh[d] in the desert of Sinai, and they had no children.[e] Eleazar and Ithamar served as priest during the presence of Aaron their father.

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Bring near the tribe of Levi, and set the tribe[f] before Aaron[g] the priest, and they will minister to him. 7 They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle. 8 And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the Israelites,[h] to do the work[i] of the tabernacle. 9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the Israelites.[j] 10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger[k] who approaches will be put to death.”

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, 12 “I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites[l] in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites.[m] The Levites will be mine 13 because all the firstborn are mine; on the day of my killing all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both humankind and animal;[n] they will be mine. I am Yahweh.”

14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying, 15 “Muster[o] the descendants of Levi according to their families,[p] according to their clans. You will count every male from one month[q] and above.” 16 So Moses mustered[r] them according to the command of Yahweh,[s] just as he commanded. 17 These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their families.[t]

21 To Gershon belonged[u] the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites. 22 The ones counted[v] according to the number of every male from one month[w] and above were seven thousand five hundred. 23 The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west, 24 and the leader of the family[x] of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael. 25 And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly, 26 and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ten cords, all of its use.

27 To Kohath belonged[y] the clan of Amramites,[z] the clan of the Izharites,[aa] the clan of the Hebronites,[ab] and the clan of the Uzzielites;[ac] these were the clans of the Kohathites.[ad] 28 According to the number of every male from one month[ae] and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. 29 The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. 30 The leader of his family[af] according to the clans of the Kohathites[ag] is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. 32 The chief of the leaders[ah] of the Levites[ai] was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

33 To Merari belonged[aj] the clan of Mahlites[ak] and the clan of the Mushites:[al] these are the clans of Merari. 34 The ones counted[am] according to the number of every male from one month[an] and above were six thousand two hundred. 35 The leader of the family[ao] according to the clans of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north. 36 The responsibility of the sons of Merari was the supervision of the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its vessels and all its service, 37 and the pillars around the courtyard, and their bases, pegs, and cords.

38 Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east—before the tent of assembly to the east—were Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary for the Israelites;[ap] and the stranger[aq] who approaches will be put to death. 39 All those counted from the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered[ar] according to the word of Yahweh,[as] according to their clans, every male from one month[at] and above were twenty-two thousand.

40 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Muster every firstborn male from the Israelites[au] from one month[av] and above and count[aw] their names. 41 And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the Israelites,[ax] and the animals[ay] of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals[az] among the Israelites.”[ba] 42 So Moses mustered[bb] all the firstborn among the Israelites[bc] just as Yahweh commanded him. 43 And all the firstborn males[bd] among the number of names from one month[be] and above, the ones counted,[bf] were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Receive the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the Israelites,[bg] and the animals of the Levites in the place of their animals; the Levites will be mine. I am Yahweh. 46 And the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the Israelites[bh] who are excessive over the Levites, 47 you will receive five shekels a person, in the sanctuary shekel; you will collect twenty gerahs[bi] per shekel. 48 You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them.” 49 And Moses received the money of the redemption from the ones who were excessive from those redeemed of the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the Israelites[bj] he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the sanctuary shekel. 51 And Moses gave the money of the ransom to Aaron and to his sons according to the word[bk] of Yahweh just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:1 Literally “on a day”
  2. Numbers 3:3 Literally “he filled their hands to serve as a priest”
  3. Numbers 3:4 Literally “before the face of Yahweh”
  4. Numbers 3:4 Literally “before the face of Yahweh”
  5. Numbers 3:4 Literally “sons were not for them”
  6. Numbers 3:6 Literally “cause it to stand”
  7. Numbers 3:6 Literally “in the presence of Aaron”
  8. Numbers 3:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Numbers 3:8 Or “service”
  10. Numbers 3:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  11. Numbers 3:10 Or “outsider”
  12. Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  13. Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  14. Numbers 3:13 Literally “from humankind to animal”
  15. Numbers 3:15 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  16. Numbers 3:15 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  17. Numbers 3:15 Literally “the son of a month”
  18. Numbers 3:16 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  19. Numbers 3:16 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  20. Numbers 3:20 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  21. Numbers 3:21 Literally “To Gershon was”
  22. Numbers 3:22 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  23. Numbers 3:22 Literally “the son of a month and above”
  24. Numbers 3:24 Literally “the house of his father”
  25. Numbers 3:27 Literally “For Kohath was”
  26. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Amramite”
  27. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Izharite”
  28. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Hebronite”
  29. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Uzzielite”
  30. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  31. Numbers 3:28 Literally “the son of a month”
  32. Numbers 3:30 Literally “the house of his father”
  33. Numbers 3:30 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  34. Numbers 3:32 Literally “the leader of leaders”
  35. Numbers 3:32 Hebrew “Levite”
  36. Numbers 3:33 Literally “for Merari was”
  37. Numbers 3:33 Hebrew “Mahlite”
  38. Numbers 3:33 Hebrew “Mushite”
  39. Numbers 3:34 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  40. Numbers 3:34 Literally “the son of a month”
  41. Numbers 3:35 Literally “the house of his father”
  42. Numbers 3:38 Literally “for the responsibility of the children of Israel”
  43. Numbers 3:38 Or “outsider”
  44. Numbers 3:39 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  45. Numbers 3:39 Literally “the mouth of Yahweh”
  46. Numbers 3:39 Literally “the son of a month”
  47. Numbers 3:40 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  48. Numbers 3:40 Literally “the son of a month”
  49. Numbers 3:40 Literally “and lift up the number of”
  50. Numbers 3:41 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  51. Numbers 3:41 Hebrew “animal”
  52. Numbers 3:41 Hebrew “animal”
  53. Numbers 3:41 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  54. Numbers 3:42 Or “counted” or “summoned” or “enrolled”
  55. Numbers 3:42 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  56. Numbers 3:43 Hebrew “male”
  57. Numbers 3:43 Literally “the son of a month”
  58. Numbers 3:43 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  59. Numbers 3:45 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  60. Numbers 3:46 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  61. Numbers 3:47 Hebrew “gerah”
  62. Numbers 3:50 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  63. Numbers 3:51 Literally “mouth”
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