Numbers 3
International Children’s Bible
Aaron’s Family, the Priests
3 This is the family history of Aaron and Moses. This was at the time the Lord talked to Moses on Mount Sinai.
2 Aaron had four sons. Nadab was the oldest. Then Aaron had Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 3 Those were the names of Aaron’s sons. They were appointed to serve as priests. 4 But Nadab and Abihu died when they sinned in the presence of the Lord. They made an offering to the Lord in the Desert of Sinai. But they used the wrong kind of fire. They had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
5 The Lord said to Moses, 6 “Bring the tribe of Levi to Aaron the priest. They must help him. 7 They will help him and all the Israelites at the Meeting Tent. They will do the work of the Holy Tent. 8 The Levites must take care of everything in the Meeting Tent. They will serve the people of Israel by doing the work in the Holy Tent. 9 Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. Of all the Israelites, the Levites are given completely to him. 10 Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who comes near the holy things must be put to death.”
11 The Lord also said to Moses, 12 “I am choosing the Levites from all the Israelites. They will take the place of all the firstborn children of Israel. The Levites will be mine. 13 All the firstborn are mine. When you were in Egypt, I killed all the firstborn children of the Egyptians. I took all the firstborn of Israel to be mine. Firstborn animals and children are mine. I am the Lord.”
14 The Lord again talked to Moses in the Desert of Sinai. The Lord said, 15 “Count the Levites by families and family groups. Count every male one month old or older.” 16 So Moses obeyed the Lord and counted them all.
17 Levi had three sons. Their names were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
18 The Gershonite family groups were Libni and Shimei.
19 The Kohathite family groups were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20 The Merarite family groups were Mahli and Mushi.
These were the family groups that belonged to the Levites.
21 The family groups of Libni and Shimei belonged to Gershon. They were all the Gershonite family groups. 22 They had 7,500 males one month or older. 23 The Gershonite family groups camped on the west side, behind the Holy Tent. 24 The leader of the families of Gershon was Eliasaph son of Lael. 25 In the Meeting Tent the Gershonites were responsible for taking care of these things: the Holy Tent, its covering, the curtain at the entrance to the Meeting Tent, 26 the curtains in the courtyard, the curtain at the entry to the courtyard around the Holy Tent and the altar, the ropes and all the work connected with these things.
27 The family groups of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel belonged to Kohath. They were all the Kohathite family groups. 28 They had 8,600 males one month old or older. They were responsible for taking care of the Holy Place. 29 The Kohathite family groups camped south of the Holy Tent. 30 The leader of the Kohathite families was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. 31 They were responsible for the Ark of the Covenant, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the tools of the holy place, the curtain and all the work connected with these things. 32 The main leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. Eleazar was in charge of all those responsible for the Holy Place.
33 The family groups of Mahli and Mushi belonged to Merari. They were all the Merarite family groups. 34 They had 6,200 males one month old or older. 35 The leader of the Merari families was Zuriel son of Abihail. They were to camp north of the Holy Tent. 36 The Merarites were responsible for the frame of the Holy Tent, the braces, the posts, the bases and all the work connected with these things. 37 They were also responsible for the posts in the courtyard around the Holy Tent and their bases, tent pegs and ropes.
38 Moses, Aaron and his sons camped east of the Holy Tent. They were in front of the Meeting Tent. They were responsible for the Holy Place. They did this for the Israelites. Anyone else who came near the Holy Place was to be put to death.
39 Moses and Aaron counted the Levite men. The Lord commanded this. There were 22,000 males one month old or older.
Levites Take the Place of the Firstborn Sons
40 The Lord said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn sons in Israel one month old or older. List their names. 41 Take the Levites for me instead of the firstborn sons of Israel. Take the animals of the Levites instead of the firstborn animals from the rest of Israel. I am the Lord.”
42 So Moses did what the Lord commanded. Moses counted all the firstborn sons of the Israelites. 43 He listed all the firstborn sons one month old or older. There were 22,273 names.
44 The Lord also said to Moses, 45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons of the Israelites. And take the animals of the Levites instead of the animals of the other people. The Levites are mine. I am the Lord. 46 There are 273 more firstborn sons than Levites. 47 So collect two ounces of silver for each of the 273 sons. Use the measure as set by the Holy Place. It weighs two-fifths of an ounce. 48 Give the silver to Aaron and his sons. It is the payment for the 273 Israelites.”
49 So Moses collected the money for the people the Levites could not replace. 50 Moses collected the silver from the firstborn of the Israelites. He collected 35 pounds of silver, using the measure set by the Holy Place. 51 So Moses obeyed the Lord. He gave the silver to Aaron and his sons.
Numeri 3
Nouă Traducere În Limba Română
Responsabilităţile leviţilor
3 Aceştia sunt urmaşii lui Aaron şi ai lui Moise, de pe vremea când Domnul a vorbit cu Moise pe muntele Sinai. 2 Acestea sunt numele fiilor lui Aaron: Nadab, întâiul născut, Abihu, Elazar şi Itamar; 3 acestea sunt numele fiilor lui Aaron, preoţii care au primit ungerea, pe care el i-a învestit în slujba preoţiei. 4 Nadab şi Abihu au murit înaintea Domnului în pustia Sinai, atunci când au adus foc străin înaintea Domnului; ei n-au avut copii. Elazar şi Itamar au slujit ca preoţi în prezenţa tatălui lor Aaron.
5 Domnul i-a zis lui Moise: 6 „Adu-i pe cei din seminţia lui Levi şi pune-i înaintea preotului Aaron ca să-i slujească. 7 Ei să-l ajute în lucrurile pe care le are de făcut pentru el şi pentru întreaga adunare înaintea Cortului Întâlnirii, slujind la Tabernacul; 8 atunci când slujesc la Tabernacul, ei trebuie să aibă grijă de toate lucrurile din Cortul Întâlnirii şi să ajute la ceea ce li s-a poruncit israeliţilor să facă. 9 Să-i încredinţezi pe leviţi lui Aaron şi urmaşilor săi; ei sunt aceia dintre israeliţi care trebuie să-i fie încredinţaţi lui[a] cu totul. 10 Să-i pui pe Aaron şi pe urmaşii lui să-şi păzească preoţia, iar străinul[b] care se va apropia să fie omorât.“
Leviţii şi întâii născuţi ai lui Israel
11 Domnul i-a mai zis lui Moise: 12 „Iată că i-am luat pe leviţi din mijlocul israeliţilor, în locul tuturor întâilor născuţi care li se nasc israeliţilor. Leviţii vor fi ai Mei, 13 pentru că toţi întâii născuţi sunt ai Mei; când i-am lovit cu moartea pe toţi întâii născuţi din ţara Egiptului, Mi i-am pus deoparte pe toţi întâii născuţi din Israel, atât dintre oameni, cât şi dintre animale; ei vor fi ai Mei. Eu sunt Domnul.“
14 Domnul i-a vorbit lui Moise în pustia Sinai şi i-a zis: 15 „Numără-i pe leviţi după familiile şi clanurile lor. Să numeri fiecare bărbat de la vârsta de o lună în sus.“ 16 Moise i-a numărat după Cuvântul Domnului, aşa cum i s-a poruncit.
17 Acestea sunt numele fiilor lui Levi: Gherşon, Chehat şi Merari. 18 Acestea sunt numele fiilor lui Gherşon, potrivit clanurilor lor: Libni şi Şimei. 19 Fiii lui Chehat, potrivit clanurilor lor: Amram, Iţhar, Hebron şi Uziel. 20 Iar fiii lui Merari, potrivit clanurilor lor: Mahli şi Muşi. Acestea sunt clanurile leviţilor, potrivit familiilor lor.
21 Din Gherşon provin clanul lui Libni şi clanul lui Şimei; acestea alcătuiesc clanurile gherşoniţilor. 22 Cei ieşiţi la numărătoare, după ce au fost număraţi toţi bărbaţii de la vârsta de o lună în sus, erau în număr de şapte mii cinci sute. 23 Clanurile gherşoniţilor îşi făceau tabăra în spatele Tabernaculului, în partea de apus. 24 Căpetenia familiilor gherşoniţilor era Eliasaf, fiul lui Lael. 25 Responsabilitatea fiilor lui Gherşon în Cortul Întâlnirii era să aibă grijă de Tabernacul, de cort cu acoperitoarea lui, de draperia de la intrarea în Cortul Întâlnirii, 26 de draperiile curţii, de draperia de la intrarea în curtea dimprejurul Tabernaculului şi a altarului şi de funii.
27 Din Chehat provin clanul amramiţilor, clanul iţhariţilor, clanul hebroniţilor şi clanul uzieliţilor; acestea alcătuiesc clanurile chehatiţilor. 28 După ce au fost număraţi toţi bărbaţii de la vârsta de o lună în sus, s-au găsit opt mii şase sute[c] de bărbaţi care aveau grijă de lucrurile Lăcaşului. 29 Clanurile chehatiţilor îşi făceau tabăra în partea de sud a Tabernaculului. 30 Căpetenia familiilor din clanurile chehatiţilor era Eliţafan, fiul lui Uziel. 31 Responsabilitatea lor era să aibă grijă de chivot, masă, sfeşnic, altare, de uneltele Lăcaşului cu care preoţii îşi făceau slujba şi de draperie[d]. 32 Căpetenia conducătorilor leviţilor era Elazar, fiul preotului Aaron; el îi supraveghea pe cei care aveau grijă de Lăcaş.
33 Din Merari provin clanul lui Mahli şi clanul lui Muşi; acestea alcătuiesc clanurile lui Merari. 34 Cei ieşiţi la numărătoare, după ce au fost număraţi toţi bărbaţii de la vârsta de o lună în sus, erau şase mii două sute de bărbaţi. 35 Căpetenia familiilor din clanurile lui Merari era Ţuriel, fiul lui Abihail. Ei îşi făceau tabăra în partea de nord a Tabernaculului. 36 Responsabilitatea dată fiilor lui Merari era să aibă grijă de scândurile Tabernaculului, de drugi, stâlpi, piedestale şi de toate uneltele ce ţin de ele; 37 de asemenea, ei aveau grijă de stâlpii care împrejmuiau curtea, de piedestalele acestora, de ţăruşi şi de funii.
38 Cei care-şi făceau tabăra înaintea Tabernaculului, în partea de răsărit – chiar înaintea Cortului Întâlnirii, spre răsărit – erau Moise, Aaron şi fiii lui Aaron. Ei aveau în grijă Lăcaşul cu tot ce trebuia făcut pentru israeliţi; oricine altcineva care se apropia era omorât.
39 Toţi leviţii pe care i-a numărat Moise şi Aaron după porunca Domnului, potrivit clanurilor lor, şi anume toţi bărbaţii de la vârsta de o lună în sus, au fost douăzeci şi două de mii.
40 Apoi Domnul i-a zis lui Moise: „Numără-i pe toţi întâii născuţi băieţi ai israeliţilor, de la vârsta de o lună în sus, şi fă o listă cu numele lor. 41 Pe leviţi să-i iei pentru Mine – Eu sunt Domnul – în locul tuturor întâilor născuţi ai israeliţilor, iar vitele leviţilor să le iei în locul tuturor întâilor născuţi ai vitelor israeliţilor.“ 42 Moise i-a numărat pe toţi întâii născuţi ai israeliţilor, aşa cum i-a poruncit Domnul.
43 Toţi întâii născuţi băieţi de la vârsta de o lună în sus, înscrişi după numele lor, au fost douăzeci şi două de mii două sute şaptezeci şi trei.
44 După aceea, Domnul i-a zis lui Moise: 45 „Ia-i pe leviţi în locul tuturor întâilor născuţi ai israeliţilor, iar turmele leviţilor în locul turmelor acestora. Leviţii vor fi ai Mei. Eu sunt Domnul. 46 Ca preţ de răscumpărare pentru cei două sute şaptezeci şi trei dintre întâii născuţi ai israeliţilor, care trec peste numărul leviţilor, 47 să iei cinci şecheli[e] pentru fiecare în parte, după şechelul Lăcaşului (un şechel este douăzeci de ghere). 48 Să dai argintul acesta, cu care sunt răscumpăraţi cei ce trec peste numărul leviţilor, lui Aaron şi fiilor săi.“
49 Moise a luat argintul pentru răscumpărare de la cei care erau peste numărul celor răscumpăraţi de leviţi; 50 a luat argintul de la întâii născuţi ai israeliţilor: o mie trei sute şaizeci şi cinci de şecheli[f], după şechelul Lăcaşului. 51 Moise a dat argintul pentru răscumpărare lui Aaron şi fiilor săi, după Cuvântul[g] Domnului, aşa cum Domnul i-a poruncit lui Moise.
Footnotes
- Numeri 3:9 Cele mai multe mss ale TM; unele mss ale TM, PentSam şi LXX (vezi şi Num. 8:16): să-Mi fie încredinţaţi Mie
- Numeri 3:10 Vezi nota de la 1:51; şi în v. 38
- Numeri 3:28 TM; unele mss ale LXX: opt mii trei sute; totalul leviţilor din v. 39 îndreptăţeşte varianta LXX
- Numeri 3:31 Draperia despărţitoare (vezi 4:5)
- Numeri 3:47 Sau: siclii, greutate de bază, comună la toate popoarele semite antice; existau mai multe tipuri de şechel: regal (2 Sam. 14:26; aproximativ 13 gr), obişnuit (aproximativ 12 gr) şi cel al Lăcaşului (aproximativ 10 gr); greutatea şechelului a variat în diferite vremuri şi în diferite zone; aproximativ 50 gr
- Numeri 3:50 Aproximativ 13,5 kg
- Numeri 3:51 Lit.: gura, glasul
Numbers 3
New King James Version
The Sons of Aaron(A)
3 Now these are the (B)records[a] of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the (C)firstborn, and (D)Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, (E)the anointed priests, [b]whom he consecrated to minister as priests. 4 (F)Nadab and Abihu had died before the Lord when they offered profane fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.
The Levites Serve in the Tabernacle
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 6 (G)“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. 7 And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do (H)the work of the tabernacle. 8 Also they shall attend to all the furnishings of the tabernacle of meeting, and to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle. 9 And (I)you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to [c]him from among the children of Israel. 10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, (J)and they shall attend to their priesthood; (K)but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”
11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 12 “Now behold, (L)I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be (M)Mine, 13 because (N)all the firstborn are Mine. (O)On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I am the Lord.”
Census of the Levites Commanded(P)
14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying: 15 “Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number (Q)every male from a month old and above.”
16 So Moses numbered them according to the [d]word of the Lord, as he was commanded. 17 (R)These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of (S)Gershon by their families: (T)Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of (U)Kohath by their families: (V)Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 (W)And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.
21 From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these were the families of the Gershonites. 22 Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above—of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred. 23 (X)The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward. 24 And the leader of the father’s house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25 (Y)The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included (Z)the tabernacle, (AA)the tent with (AB)its covering, (AC)the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, 26 (AD)the screen for the door of the court, (AE)the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and (AF)their cords, according to all the work relating to them.
27 (AG)From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand [e]six hundred [f]keeping charge of the sanctuary. 29 (AH)The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle. 30 And the leader of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of (AI)Uzziel. 31 (AJ)Their duty included (AK)the ark, (AL)the table, (AM)the lampstand, (AN)the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, (AO)the screen, and all the work relating to them.
32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, with oversight of those who kept charge of the sanctuary.
33 From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. 34 And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred. 35 The leader of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. (AP)These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. 36 And (AQ)the appointed duty of the children of Merari included the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, its utensils, all the work relating to them, 37 and the pillars of the court all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their cords.
38 (AR)Moreover those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tabernacle of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, (AS)keeping charge of the sanctuary, (AT)to meet the needs of the children of Israel; but (AU)the outsider who came near was to be put to death. 39 (AV)All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.
Levites Dedicated Instead of the Firstborn
40 Then the Lord said to Moses: (AW)“Number[g] all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and above, and take the number of their names. 41 (AX)And you shall take the Levites for Me—I am the Lord—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.” 42 So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the children of Israel, as the Lord commanded him. 43 And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names from a month old and above, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 45 (AY)“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. The Levites shall be Mine: I am the Lord. 46 And for (AZ)the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, (BA)who are more than the number of the Levites, 47 you shall take (BB)five shekels for each one (BC)individually; you shall take them in the currency of the shekel of the sanctuary, (BD)the shekel of twenty gerahs. 48 And you shall give the money, with which the excess number of them is redeemed, to Aaron and his sons.”
49 So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those who were redeemed by the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, (BE)one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 51 And Moses (BF)gave their redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 3:1 Lit. generations
- Numbers 3:3 Lit. whose hands he filled
- Numbers 3:9 Sam., LXX Me
- Numbers 3:16 Lit. mouth
- Numbers 3:28 Some LXX mss. three
- Numbers 3:28 taking care of
- Numbers 3:40 Take a census of
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