(NIV)
Then the
Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, ‘What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.
(ESV)
Then the
anger of the
Lord was
kindled against
Moses and he
said, “Is there not
Aaron, your
brother, the
Levite? I
know that he can
speak well. Behold, he is
coming out to
meet you, and when he
sees you, he will be
glad in his
heart.
(NIV)
Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas.
These were the heads of the Levite families, clan by clan.
(ESV)
Eleazar,
Aaron’s son,
took as his
wife one of the
daughters of
Putiel, and she
bore him
Phinehas. These are the
heads of the
fathers’ houses of the
Levites by their
clans.
(NIV)
These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.
(ESV)
These are the
records of the
tabernacle the
tabernacle of the
testimony,
as they were
recorded at the
commandment of
Moses, the
responsibility of the
Levites under the
direction of
Ithamar the
son of
Aaron the
priest.
(NIV)
‘“The Levites always have the right to redeem their houses in the Levitical towns, which they possess.
(ESV)
As for the
cities of the
Levites, the
Levites may
redeem at any
time the
houses in the
cities they
possess.
(NIV)
So the property of the Levites is redeemable – that is, a house sold in any town they hold – and is to be returned in the Jubilee, because the houses in the towns of the Levites are their property among the Israelites.
(ESV)
And if one of the
Levites exercises his right of
redemption, then the
house that was
sold in a
city they
possess shall be
released in the
jubilee. For the
houses in the
cities of the
Levites are their
possession among the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.
(ESV)
But the
Levites were not
listed along
with them by their
ancestral tribe.
(NIV)
Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law – over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and camp round it.
(ESV)
But
appoint the
Levites over the
tabernacle of the
testimony, and
over all its
furnishings, and
over all that belongs to it. They are to
carry the
tabernacle and
all its
furnishings, and they shall take
care of it and shall
camp around the
tabernacle.
(NIV)
Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it. Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.
(ESV)
When the
tabernacle is to
set out, the
Levites shall
take it down, and when the
tabernacle is to be
pitched, the
Levites shall
set it up. And if any
outsider comes near, he shall be put to
death.
(NIV)
The Levites, however, are to set up their tents round the tabernacle of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.’
(ESV)
But the
Levites shall
camp around the
tabernacle of the
testimony, so that there may be no
wrath on the
congregation of the
people of
Israel. And the
Levites shall
keep guard over the
tabernacle of the
testimony.”
(NIV)
Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they set up camp, each in their own place under their standard.
(ESV)
“Then the
tent of
meeting shall
set out, with the
camp of the
Levites in the
midst of the
camps; as they
camp, so shall they
set out,
each in
position, standard by
standard.
(NIV)
The Levites, however, were not counted along with the other Israelites, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(ESV)
But the
Levites were not
listed among the
people of
Israel, as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(NIV)
Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.
(ESV)
And you shall
give the
Levites to
Aaron and his
sons; they are
wholly given to him from
among the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
‘I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,
(ESV)
“
Behold I have
taken the
Levites from
among the
people of
Israel instead of
every firstborn who
opens the
womb among the
people of
Israel. The
Levites shall be mine,
(NIV)
The Merarite clans:
Mahli and Mushi.
These were the Levite clans, according to their families.
(ESV)
And the
sons of
Merari by their
clans:
Mahli and
Mushi. These
are the
clans of the
Levites, by their
fathers’
houses.
(NIV)
The chief leader of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.
(ESV)
And
Eleazar the
son of
Aaron the
priest was to be
chief over the
chiefs of the
Levites, and to have
oversight of those who
kept guard over the
sanctuary.
(NIV)
The total number of Levites counted at the
Lord’s command by Moses and Aaron according to their clans, including every male a month old or more, was 22,000.
(ESV)
All those
listed among the
Levites, whom
Moses and
Aaron listed at the
commandment of the
Lord, by
clans,
all the
males from a
month old and
upward, were
22,000.
(NIV)
Take the Levites for me in place of all the firstborn of the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites in place of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites. I am the
Lord.’
(ESV)
And you shall
take the
Levites for me—I am the
Lord—
instead of all the
firstborn among the
people of
Israel, and the
cattle of the
Levites instead of all the
firstborn among the
cattle of the
people of
Israel.”
(NIV)
‘Take the Levites in place of all the firstborn of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock. The Levites are to be mine. I am the
Lord.
(ESV)
“
Take the
Levites instead of
all the
firstborn among the
people of
Israel, and the
cattle of the
Levites instead of their
cattle. The
Levites shall be mine: I am the
Lord.
(NIV)
To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,
(ESV)
And as the
redemption price for the
273 of the
firstborn of the
people of
Israel,
over and
above the number of the male
Levites,
(NIV)
So Moses collected the redemption money from those who exceeded the number redeemed by the Levites.
(ESV)
So
Moses took the
redemption money from those who were
over and
above those
redeemed by the
Levites.
(NIV)
‘See that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the Levites.
(ESV)
“Let
not the
tribe of the
clans of the
Kohathites be
destroyed from among the
Levites,
(NIV)
So Moses, Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by their clans and families.
(ESV)
All those who were
listed of the
Levites,
whom Moses and
Aaron and the
chiefs of
Israel listed, by their
clans and their
fathers’
houses,
(NIV)
‘Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites as each man’s work requires.’
(ESV)
“
Accept these
from them, that they may be
used in the
service of the
tent of
meeting, and
give them to the
Levites, to each
man according to his
service.”
(NIV)
So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.
(ESV)
So
Moses took the
wagons and the
oxen and
gave them to the
Levites.
(NIV)
‘Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
(ESV)
“
Take the
Levites from
among the
people of
Israel and
cleanse them.
(NIV)
Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting and assemble the whole Israelite community.
(ESV)
And you shall
bring the
Levites before the
tent of
meeting and
assemble the
whole congregation of the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
You are to bring the Levites before the
Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.
(ESV)
When you
bring the
Levites before the
Lord, the
people of
Israel shall
lay their
hands on the
Levites,
(NIV)
Aaron is to present the Levites before the
Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the
Lord.
(ESV)
and
Aaron shall
offer the
Levites before the
Lord as a
wave offering from the
people of
Israel, that they may
do the
service of the
Lord.
(NIV)
‘Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, using one for a sin offering to the
Lord and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.
(ESV)
Then the
Levites shall
lay their
hands on the
heads of the
bulls, and you shall
offer the
one for a
sin offering and the
other for a
burnt offering to the
Lord to make
atonement for the
Levites.
(NIV)
Make the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering to the
Lord.
(ESV)
And you shall
set the
Levites before Aaron and his
sons, and shall
offer them as a
wave offering to the
Lord.
(NIV)
In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.
(ESV)
“Thus you shall
separate the
Levites from among the
people of
Israel, and the
Levites shall be mine.
(NIV)
‘After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering, they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.
(ESV)
And
after that the
Levites shall
go in to
serve at the
tent of
meeting, when you have
cleansed them and
offered them as a
wave offering.
(NIV)
And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.
(ESV)
and I have
taken the
Levites instead of
all the
firstborn among the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites and to make atonement for them so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.’
(ESV)
And I have
given the
Levites as a
gift to
Aaron and his
sons from among the
people of
Israel, to
do the
service for the
people of
Israel at the
tent of
meeting and to make
atonement for the
people of
Israel that there may be
no plague among the
people of
Israel when the
people of
Israel come near the
sanctuary.”
(NIV)
Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(ESV)
Thus did Moses and
Aaron and
all the
congregation of the
people of
Israel to the
Levites. According to
all that the
Lord commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, the
people of
Israel did to them.
(NIV)
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes. Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the
Lord and made atonement for them to purify them.
(ESV)
And the
Levites purified themselves from
sin and
washed their
clothes, and
Aaron offered them as a
wave offering before the
Lord, and
Aaron made
atonement for them to
cleanse them.
(NIV)
After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(ESV)
And
after that the
Levites went in to
do their
service in the
tent of
meeting before Aaron and his
sons;
as the
Lord had
commanded Moses concerning the
Levites,
so they
did to them.
(NIV)
‘This applies to the Levites: men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,
(ESV)
“
This applies
to the
Levites: from
twenty-five years old and
upward they shall
come to
do duty in the
service of the
tent of
meeting.
(NIV)
They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work. This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.’
(ESV)
They
minister to their
brothers in the
tent of
meeting by
keeping guard, but they shall
do no service.
Thus shall you
do to the
Levites in assigning their
duties.”
(NIV)
I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the
Lord to do the work at the tent of meeting.
(ESV)
And
behold, I have
taken your
brothers the
Levites from
among the
people of
Israel. They are a
gift to you,
given to the
Lord, to
do the
service of the
tent of
meeting.
(NIV)
It is the Levites who are to do the work at the tent of meeting and bear the responsibility for any offences they commit against it. This is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. They will receive no inheritance among the Israelites.
(ESV)
But the
Levites shall
do the
service of the
tent of
meeting, and they shall
bear their
iniquity. It shall be a
perpetual statute throughout your
generations, and
among the
people of
Israel they shall
have no
inheritance.
(NIV)
Instead, I give to the Levites as their inheritance the tithes that the Israelites present as an offering to the
Lord. That is why I said concerning them: “They will have no inheritance among the Israelites.”’
(ESV)
For the
tithe of the
people of
Israel, which they
present as a
contribution to the
Lord, I have
given to the
Levites for an
inheritance. Therefore I have
said of them that they shall
have no
inheritance among the
people of
Israel.”
(NIV)
‘Speak to the Levites and say to them: “When you receive from the Israelites the tithe I give you as your inheritance, you must present a tenth of that tithe as the
Lord’s offering.
(ESV)
“Moreover, you shall
speak and
say to the
Levites, ‘When you
take from the
people of
Israel the
tithe that I have
given you from them for your
inheritance, then you shall
present a
contribution from it to the
Lord a
tithe of the
tithe.
(NIV)
‘Say to the Levites: “When you present the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the product of the threshing-floor or the winepress.
(ESV)
Therefore you shall
say to them, ‘When you have
offered from it the
best of it, then the rest shall be
counted to the
Levites as
produce of the
threshing floor, and as
produce of the
winepress.
(NIV)
These were the Levites who were counted by their clans:
through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;
through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;
through Merari, the Merarite clan.
(ESV)
This was the
list of the
Levites according to their
clans: of
Gershon, the
clan of the
Gershonites; of
Kohath, the
clan of the
Kohathites; of
Merari, the
clan of the
Merarites.
(NIV)
These also were Levite clans:
the Libnite clan,
the Hebronite clan,
the Mahlite clan,
the Mushite clan,
the Korahite clan.
(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;
(ESV)
These are the
clans of
Levi: the
clan of the
Libnites, the
clan of the
Hebronites, the
clan of the
Mahlites, the
clan of the
Mushites, the
clan of the
Korahites. And
Kohath was the
father of
Amram.
(NIV)
From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the
Lord’s tabernacle.’
(ESV)
And
from the
people of
Israel’s half you shall
take one drawn out of every
fifty,
of the
people,
of the
oxen, of the
donkeys, and
of the
flocks,
of all the
cattle, and
give them to the
Levites who
keep guard over the
tabernacle of the
Lord.”
(NIV)
From the Israelites’ half, Moses selected one out of every fifty people and animals, as the
Lord commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for the care of the
Lord’s tabernacle.
(ESV)
from the
people of
Israel’s half Moses took one of every 50, both
of persons and
of beasts, and
gave them to the
Levites who
kept guard over the
tabernacle of the
Lord,
as the
Lord commanded Moses.
(NIV)
‘Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasture-lands around the towns.
(ESV)
“
Command the
people of
Israel to
give to the
Levites some of the
inheritance of their
possession as
cities for them to
dwell in. And you shall
give to the
Levites pasturelands around the
cities.
(NIV)
‘The pasture-lands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the town wall.
(ESV)
The
pasturelands of the
cities,
which you shall
give to the
Levites, shall reach from the
wall of the
city outward a
thousand cubits all
around.
(NIV)
‘Six of the towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.
(ESV)
“The
cities that you
give to the
Levites shall be the
six cities of
refuge,
where you shall
permit the
manslayer to
flee, and in
addition to them you shall
give forty-two cities.
(NIV)
In all you must give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasture-lands.
(ESV)
All the
cities that you
give to the
Levites shall be
forty-eight, with their
pasturelands.
(NIV)
The towns you give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: take many towns from a tribe that has many, but few from one that has few.’
(ESV)
And as for the
cities that you shall
give from the
possession of the
people of
Israel, from the
larger tribes you shall take
many, and from the
smaller tribes you shall take
few;
each, in
proportion to the
inheritance that it
inherits, shall
give of its
cities to the
Levites.”
(NIV)
And there rejoice before the
Lord your God – you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no land allotted to them or any inheritance of their own.
(ESV)
And you shall
rejoice before the
Lord your
God, you and your
sons and your
daughters, your
male servants and your
female servants, and the
Levite that is within your
towns,
since he has
no portion or
inheritance with you.
(NIV)
Instead, you are to eat them in the presence of the
Lord your God at the place the
Lord your God will choose – you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns – and you are to rejoice before the
Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.
(ESV)
but you shall
eat them
before the
Lord your
God in the
place that the
Lord your
God will
choose, you and your
son and your
daughter, your
male servant and your
female servant, and the
Levite who is within your
towns. And you shall
rejoice before the
Lord your
God in
all that you
undertake.
(NIV)
Be careful not to neglect the Levites as long as you live in your land.
(ESV)
Take care that you do
not neglect the
Levite as long as you
live in your
land.
(NIV)
And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no land allotted to them or any inheritance of their own.
(ESV)
And you shall
not neglect the
Levite who is within your
towns,
for he has
no portion or
inheritance with you.
(NIV)
so that the Levites (who have no land allotted to them or any inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the
Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
(ESV)
And the
Levite,
because he has
no portion or
inheritance with you, and the
sojourner, the
fatherless, and the
widow,
who are within your
towns, shall
come and
eat and be
filled,
that the
Lord your
God may
bless you in
all the
work of your
hands that you
do.
(NIV)
And rejoice before the
Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name – you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites in your towns, and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows living among you.
(ESV)
And you shall
rejoice before the
Lord your
God, you and your
son and your
daughter, your
male servant and your female
servant, the
Levite who is within your
towns, the
sojourner, the
fatherless, and the
widow who are
among you, at the
place that the
Lord your
God will
choose, to make his
name dwell there.
(NIV)
Be joyful at your festival – you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites, the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns.
(ESV)
You shall
rejoice in your
feast, you and your
son and your
daughter, your
male servant and your female
servant, the
Levite, the
sojourner, the
fatherless, and the
widow who are within your
towns.
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