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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 3 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Numbers 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/2.htm" title="Numbers 2">◄</a> Numbers 3 <a href="../numbers/4.htm" title="Numbers 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Aaron's Sons</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.1" class="v4_3_1">1</span>This is the family of Aaron and Moses at the time the <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. </span><span class="v4_3_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.2" class="v4_3_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.3.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Aaron had four sons: Nadab, the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. </span><span class="v4_3_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.3" class="v4_3_3">3</span>They were anointed and ordained as priests, </span><span class="v4_3_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.4" class="v4_3_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.3.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> but Nadab and Abihu were killed when they offered unholy fire to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> in the Sinai Desert. They had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during Aaron's lifetime.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Levites Are Appointed to Serve the Priests</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_5"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.5" class="v4_3_5">5</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v4_3_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.6" class="v4_3_6">6</span>“Bring forward the tribe of Levi and appoint them as servants of Aaron the priest. </span><span class="v4_3_7"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.7" class="v4_3_7">7</span>They shall do the work required for the Tent of my presence and perform duties for the priests and for the whole community. </span><span class="v4_3_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.8" class="v4_3_8">8</span>They shall take charge of all the equipment of the Tent and perform the duties for the rest of the Israelites. </span><span class="v4_3_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.9" class="v4_3_9">9</span>The only responsibility the Levites have is to serve Aaron and his sons. </span><span class="v4_3_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.10" class="v4_3_10">10</span>You shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; anyone else who tries to do so shall be put to death.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.11" class="v4_3_11">11</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v4_3_12"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.12-Num.3.13" class="v4_3_12">12-13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Num.3.12-Num.3.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the first-born of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. Now, instead of having the first-born sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span>.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Census of the Levites</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_14"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.14" class="v4_3_14">14</span>In the Sinai Desert the <span class="nd">Lord</span> commanded Moses </span><span class="v4_3_15"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.15" class="v4_3_15">15</span>to register the Levites by clans and families, enrolling every male a month old or older, </span><span class="v4_3_16"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.16" class="v4_3_16">16</span>and Moses did so. </span><span class="v4_3_17"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.17-Num.3.20" class="v4_3_17">17-20</span>Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, who were the ancestors of the clans that bear their names. Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei; Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. They were the ancestors of the families that bear their names.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_21"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.21" class="v4_3_21">21</span>The clan of Gershon was composed of the families of Libni and Shimei. </span><span class="v4_3_22"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.22" class="v4_3_22">22</span>The total number of males one month old or older that were enrolled was 7,500. </span><span class="v4_3_23"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.23" class="v4_3_23">23</span>This clan was to camp on the west behind the Tent, </span><span class="v4_3_24"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.24" class="v4_3_24">24</span>with Eliasaph son of Lael as chief of the clan. </span><span class="v4_3_25"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.25" class="v4_3_25">25</span>They were responsible for the Tent, its inner cover, its outer cover, the curtain for the entrance, </span><span class="v4_3_26"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.26" class="v4_3_26">26</span>the curtains for the court which is around the Tent and the altar, and the curtain for the entrance of the court. They were responsible for all the service connected with these items.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_27"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.27" class="v4_3_27">27</span>The clan of Kohath was composed of the families of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. </span><span class="v4_3_28"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.28" class="v4_3_28">28</span>The total number of males one month old or older that were enrolled was 8,600. </span><span class="v4_3_29"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.29" class="v4_3_29">29</span>This clan was to camp on the south side of the Tent, </span><span class="v4_3_30"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.30" class="v4_3_30">30</span>with Elizaphan son of Uzziel as chief of the clan. </span><span class="v4_3_31"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.31" class="v4_3_31">31</span>They were responsible for the Covenant Box, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the utensils the priests use in the Holy Place, and the curtain at the entrance to the Most Holy Place. They were responsible for all the service connected with these items.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_32"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.32" class="v4_3_32">32</span>The chief of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was in charge of those who carried out the duties in the Holy Place.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_33"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.33" class="v4_3_33">33</span>The clan of Merari was composed of the families of Mahli and Mushi. </span><span class="v4_3_34"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.34" class="v4_3_34">34</span>The total number of males one month old or older that were enrolled was 6,200. </span><span class="v4_3_35"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.35" class="v4_3_35">35</span>This clan was to camp on the north side of the Tent, with Zuriel son of Abihail as chief of the clan. </span><span class="v4_3_36"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.36" class="v4_3_36">36</span>They were assigned responsibility for the frames for the Tent, its bars, posts, bases, and all its fittings. They were responsible for all the service connected with these items. </span><span class="v4_3_37"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.37" class="v4_3_37">37</span>They were also responsible for the posts, bases, pegs, and ropes for the outer court.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_38"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.38" class="v4_3_38">38</span>Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp in front of the Tent on the east. They were responsible for carrying out the services performed in the Holy Place for the people of Israel. Anyone else who tried to do so was to be put to death. </span><span class="v4_3_39"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.39" class="v4_3_39">39</span>The total number of all the Levite males one month old or older that Moses enrolled by clans at the command of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, was 22,000.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Levites Take the Place of the First-Born Sons</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_40"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.40-Num.3.41" class="v4_3_40">40-41</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “All of Israel's first-born sons belong to me. So register by name every first-born male Israelite, one month old or older. But in place of them I claim all the Levites as mine! I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span>! I also claim the livestock of the Levites in place of all the first-born of the livestock.” </span><span class="v4_3_42"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.42" class="v4_3_42">42</span>Moses obeyed, and registered all the first-born males </span><span class="v4_3_43"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.43" class="v4_3_43">43</span>one month old or older; the total was 22,273.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_3_44"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.44" class="v4_3_44">44</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v4_3_45"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.45" class="v4_3_45">45</span>“Now dedicate the Levites as mine in place of all the first-born Israelite sons, and dedicate the livestock of the Levites in place of the first-born of the Israelites' livestock. </span><span class="v4_3_46"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.46" class="v4_3_46">46</span>Since the first-born Israelite sons outnumber the Levites by 273, you must buy back the extra sons. </span><span class="v4_3_47"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.47" class="v4_3_47">47</span>For each one pay five pieces of silver, according to the official standard, </span><span class="v4_3_48"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.48" class="v4_3_48">48</span>and give this money to Aaron and his sons.” </span><span class="v4_3_49"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.49" class="v4_3_49">49</span>Moses obeyed and took </span><span class="v4_3_50"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.50" class="v4_3_50">50</span>the 1,365 pieces of silver </span><span class="v4_3_51"><span class="reftext" id="Num.3.51" class="v4_3_51">51</span>and gave them to Aaron and his sons.</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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