{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T21:25:26.535Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Numbers","bookSlug":"numbers","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":51},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"These also <i>are</i> the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day <i>that</i> the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"These <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they <i>are</i> wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Because all the firstborn <i>are</i> mine; <i>for</i> on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I <i>am</i> the LORD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These <i>are</i> the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Of Gershon <i>was</i> the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these <i>are</i> the families of the Gershonites."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <i>even</i> those that were numbered of them <i>were</i> seven thousand and five hundred."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites <i>shall be</i> Eliasaph the son of Lael."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation <i>shall be</i> the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which <i>is</i> by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And of Kohath <i>was</i> the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these <i>are</i> the families of the Kohathites."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <i>were</i> eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites <i>shall be</i> Elizaphan the son of Uzziel."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And their charge <i>shall be</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest <i>shall be</i> chief over the chief of the Levites, <i>and have</i> the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Of Merari <i>was</i> the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these <i>are</i> the families of Merari."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, <i>were</i> six thousand and two hundred."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari <i>was</i> Zuriel the son of Abihail: <i>these</i> shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"And <i>under</i> the custody and charge of the sons of Merari <i>shall be</i> 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,"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords."},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, <i>even</i> before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, <i>shall be</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"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, <i>were</i> twenty and two thousand."},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names."},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I <i>am</i> the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I <i>am</i> the LORD."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;"},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take <i>them</i>: (the shekel <i>is</i> twenty gerahs:)"},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:"},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five <i>shekels</i>, after the shekel of the sanctuary:"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses."}],"citation":{"inline":"Numbers 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Numbers 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/numbers/3 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}