The Number and duties chapter 3 and chapter 4
3:1(iv) Consecrate the Inner Circle
These also [are] the toledah of Aharon and Moshe in the day [that] ADONAI (יהוה) spoke with Moshe in Mount Sinai.
3:2 Veele shemot benei-Aharon habekhor Nadav va Avihu Elazar ve Itamar:
And these [are] the names of the sons Aharon; Nadav the firstborn, and Avihu, Elazar, and Itamar.
3:3 These [are] the names benai Aharon, hakohenim which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the kohen's office.
3:4 And Nadav and Avihu died before ADONAI (יהוה), when they offered strange fire before ADONAI (יהוה), in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Elazar and Itamar ministered in the kohen's office in the sight of Aharon their father.
3:5 And ADONAI (יהוה) spoke to Moshe, saying:
3:6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aharon the kohen, that they may minister to him.
3:7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Ohel Mo'ed, to do the service of the Mishkan .
3:8 And they shall keep all the instruments of the Ohel Mo'ed, and the charge of Benai Yisrael, to do the service of the Mishkan.
3:9 And you shall give the Leviim to Aharon and to his sons: they [are] wholly given to him out of Benai Yisrael.
3:10 And you shall appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall wait on their kohen's office: and the stranger that comes nigh shall be put to death.
3:11 And ADONAI (יהוה) spoke to Moshe, saying,
3:12 And I, behold, I have taken the Leviim from among Benai Yisrael instead of all the bachor that openeth the matrix among Benai Yisrael: therefore the Leviim shall be mine;
3:13 Because all the bachor [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the bachor in the Eretz Mitzrayim I hallowed to me all the bachor in Yisrael, both man and beast: mine shall they be: ANI ADONAI (יהוה).
3:14(v) Now, Count the Levites
And ADONAI (יהוה) spoke to Moshe in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:
3:15 Number Benai Levi after the house their avot, by their mishpekhot (families): every male from a month old and upward shall you number them.
3:16 And Moshe numbered them according to the dvar ADONAI (יהוה), as he was commanded.
3:17 And these were the sons Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohat, and M'rari.
3:18 And these [are] the shemot of the sons Gershon by their mishpekhot (families); Libni, and Shimei.
3:19 And the sons Kohat by their mishpekhot (families); Amram, and Izehar, Hevron, and Uzzi'el.
3:20 And the sons M'rari by their mishpekhot (families); Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the mishpekhot (families) of the Leviim according to the house their avot.
3:21 Of Gershon [was] the family of the Livnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the mishpekhot (families) of the Gershonites.
3:22 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. 7,500
3:23 The mishpekhot (families) of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Mishkan westward.
3:24 And the chief of the house the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaf Ben La'el.
3:25 And the charge of Benai Gershon in the Ohel Mo'ed [shall be] the Mishkan , and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the Ohel Mo'ed,
3:26 And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which [is] by the Mishkan , and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
3:27 And of Kohat [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 mishpekhot (families) of the Kohatites.
3:28 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. 8,600
3:29 The mishpekhot (families) of the sons Kohat shall pitch on the side of the Mishkan southward.
3:30 And the chief of the house the father of the mishpekhot (families) of the Kohatites [shall be] Elizafan Ben Uzziel.
3:31 And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the menorah, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
3:32 And Elazar Ben Aharon hakohen [shall be] chief over the chief of the Leviim, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
3:33 Of M'rari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the mishpekhot (families) of M'rari.
3:34 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.
3:35 And the chief of the house the father of the mishpekhot (families) of M'rari [was] Zuriel Ben Avihail: [these] shall pitch on the side of the Mishkan northward.
3:36 And [under] the custody and charge of the sons M'rari [shall be] the boards of the Mishkan , and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
3:37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
3:38 But those that encamp before the Mishkan toward the east, [even] before the Ohel Mo'ed eastward, [shall be] Moshe, and Aharon and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of Benai Yisrael; and the stranger that comes nigh shall be put to death.
3:39 All that were numbered of the Leviim, which Moshe and Aharon numbered at the commandment of ADONAI (יהוה), throughout their mishpekhot (families), all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand. 22,000
3:40 (vi) Levites for Firstborns
And ADONAI (יהוה) said to Moshe:
Number all the bachor of the males of Benai Yisrael from a month old and upward, and take the number of their shemot.
3:41 And you shall take the Leviim for me ANI ADONAI (יהוה) instead of all the bachor among Benai Yisrael; and the cattle of the Leviim instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of Benai Yisrael.
3:42 And Moshe numbered, as ADONAI (יהוה) commanded him, all the bachor among Benai Yisrael.
3:43 And all the firstborn males by the number of shemot, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. 22,300
3:44 And ADONAI (יהוה) spoke to Moshe, saying,
3:45 Take the Leviim instead of all the bachor among Benai Yisrael, and the cattle of the Leviim instead of their cattle; and the Leviim shall be Mine: ANI ADONAI (יהוה).
3:46 And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the bachor of Benai Yisrael, which are more than the Leviim;
3:47 You shall even take five shekels apiece by the poll (gulgolet), after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take [them]: (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)
3:48 And you shall give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, to Aharon and to his sons.
3:49 And Moshe took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Leviim:
3:50 Of the firstborn of Benai Yisrael took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:
3:51 And Moshe gave the money of them that were redeemed to Aharon and to his sons, according to the Dvar ADONAI (יהוה), as ADONAI (יהוה) commanded Moshe.
Sinai סיני= See Nai “thorny” designating Sinai, the "mountain of EL" (Shemot 3:1; Exo 4:27; Shemot 18:5; Exo 24:13)
The Curtains (covering screen) or ohel Mo'ed (tent of meeting)
The tents with its coverings
The curtains for the entrances
The curtains and cords of the court that surrounds the Ohel Mo'ed (tent of meeting) and altar
The Aron (Ark of Testimony)
The Shulchan (Tables)
The Menorah
The Mizbechot (altars)
Khelei ha Kodesh ( vessel of the Sanctuary)
The inside curtain
The Karshei (Frames) haMishkan
The pillars fo Mishkan: it bars, pillar (board) sockets and equipment or accessories
The pillars of the courtyard with it s sockets, pegs and cords
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Shevet / Tribes |
Benai / Children |
Chief / Rosh Name |
Census of age born at Shemot from 1 Mth upwards |
Station @ |
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Gershon |
Livni ; Shimei |
Eliyasaf Ben La'el |
7,500 |
Westward |
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Kohat |
Amran; Izehar, Hevron and Uzzi'el |
Elizaphan Ben Uziel |
8,600 |
Southward |
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M'rari |
Mahli; Mushi |
Zuriel Ben Avihail |
6,200 |
Northward
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Moshe, Aharon, his sons |
Eastward |
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additional 300 were bachor to be set aside |
22,300 / 22,000 |