Numbers 3:14–39

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,⇇

Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.⇉⇇

And Moses numbered them according to the ↦word of the LORD, as he was commanded.⇇

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.⇉⇇

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.⇉⇇

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.⇉⇇

And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.⇉⇇

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.⇇

Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, ↦from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.⇇

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.⇉⇇

And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.⇇

And ↦the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be ↦the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, ↦and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,⇇

And ↦the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and ↦the cords of it for all the service thereof.⇇

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.⇉⇇

In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were ↦eight thousand and six hundred, ↦keeping the charge of the sanctuary.⇇

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.⇉⇇

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.⇇

And their charge shall be ↦the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and ↦the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, ↦and the hanging, and all the service thereof.⇇

And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.⇉⇇

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.⇉⇇

And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.⇉⇇

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these ↦shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle ↦northward.⇇

And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be ↦the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,⇇

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.⇇

But those that encamp before the tabernacle ↦toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, ↦keeping the charge of the sanctuary ↦for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.⇇

All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses ↦and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.⇇