Numbers 3:38-40

International Standard Version

The Encampment of Moses and Aaron

³⁸ In front of the tent and east of the Tent of Meeting, Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s^[a] sons encamped facing the east. They were tasked to perform the duties of the sanctuary and care for the needs of the Israelis. Any unauthorized^[b] person who approached was to be executed. ³⁹ As the Lord had instructed, everyone counted by Moses and Aaron from the descendants of Levi, according to their tribe, all males from a month old and above numbered 22,000.

Numbering Israel’s First-born

⁴⁰ Later the Lord instructed Moses: “Number all the first-born males of Israel from a month old and above and list their names.