1Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.

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Exodus 6:20, Exodus 6:20, Genesis 5:1, Genesis 10:1, Leviticus 25:1

2These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

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Exodus 6:23, Exodus 6:23, Numbers 26:60, Numbers 26:60, Exodus 28:1

3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

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Exodus 28:41, Exodus 28:41, Leviticus 8:12, Leviticus 8:1, Leviticus 8:9

4Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.

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Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 10:2, Leviticus 10:1, Leviticus 10:2, Numbers 26:61

5The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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6"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

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Numbers 18:1, Numbers 18:7, Numbers 2:17, Deuteronomy 10:8, Numbers 16:9

7They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Numbers 1:50, Numbers 1:50, Numbers 8:11, Numbers 8:15, Numbers 8:11

8They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

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Numbers 4:15, Numbers 10:21, Isaiah 52:11, Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33

9You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

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Numbers 8:19, Numbers 8:19, Numbers 18:6, Numbers 18:7, Ephesians 4:8

10You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

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Numbers 1:51, Numbers 1:51, Numbers 3:38, Numbers 3:38, Romans 12:7

11The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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12"Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

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Numbers 3:41, Numbers 8:16, Numbers 3:41, Numbers 8:16, Numbers 3:45

13for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am the Lord."

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Luke 2:23, Exodus 13:12, Luke 2:23, Exodus 13:12, Exodus 13:2

14The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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15"Count the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward."

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Numbers 26:62, Numbers 26:62, 2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Timothy 3:15, Jeremiah 2:2

16Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

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Numbers 4:37, Numbers 3:39, Numbers 4:37, Numbers 3:39, Numbers 4:45

17These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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Genesis 46:11, Genesis 46:11, Exodus 6:16, Exodus 6:19, Exodus 6:16

18These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

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1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 23:7, 1 Chronicles 23:11, Numbers 3:21

19The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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Exodus 6:18, Exodus 6:18, 1 Chronicles 6:18, 1 Chronicles 6:18, 1 Chronicles 15:5

20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

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Exodus 6:19, Exodus 6:19, 1 Chronicles 6:19, 1 Chronicles 6:19, 1 Chronicles 6:29

21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

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22Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

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Numbers 4:38, Numbers 4:40, Numbers 4:38, Numbers 4:40

23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

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Numbers 1:53, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:17, Numbers 2:17

24The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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25The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

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Exodus 25:9, Exodus 25:9, Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:14, Numbers 4:24

26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

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Exodus 35:18, Exodus 35:18, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:16, Exodus 38:9

27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

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1 Chronicles 26:23, 1 Chronicles 26:23, Numbers 3:19, 1 Chronicles 23:12, Numbers 3:19

28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

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Numbers 3:7, Numbers 3:31, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:36, Numbers 3:7

29The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.

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Numbers 1:53, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:10, Numbers 3:23, Numbers 2:10

30The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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31Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.

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Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:40, Exodus 26:31, Exodus 26:33, Numbers 4:4

32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.

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1 Chronicles 26:20, 1 Chronicles 26:24, Numbers 4:27, 2 Kings 25:18, Numbers 4:16

33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.

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Numbers 3:20, 1 Chronicles 6:19, 1 Chronicles 23:21, Numbers 3:20, 1 Chronicles 6:19

34Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

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Numbers 1:21, Numbers 2:9, Numbers 2:11, Numbers 1:21, Numbers 2:9

35The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

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Numbers 2:25, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:25, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:28

36The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

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Exodus 26:15, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 26:15

37the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

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38Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

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Numbers 3:10, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 3:10, Numbers 1:53, Numbers 2:3

39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

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Numbers 26:62, Numbers 26:62, Numbers 4:47, Numbers 4:48, Matthew 7:14

40The Lord said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

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Numbers 3:15, Numbers 3:15, Revelation 14:4, Luke 10:20, Hebrews 12:23

41You shall take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel."

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Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:45, Numbers 3:45, Exodus 32:26

42Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.

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43All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.

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Numbers 3:39, Numbers 3:39

44The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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45"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.

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Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:12, Numbers 3:40, Numbers 3:41, Numbers 3:40

46For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,

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Exodus 13:13, Exodus 13:13, Numbers 18:15, Numbers 18:16, Numbers 18:15

47you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; after the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs):

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Leviticus 27:6, Exodus 30:13, Leviticus 27:6, Exodus 30:13, Leviticus 27:25

48and you shall give the money, with which the remainder of them is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons."

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49Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;

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50from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

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Numbers 3:46, Numbers 3:47, Numbers 3:46, Numbers 3:47, Matthew 20:28

51and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Numbers 3:48, Numbers 3:48, Numbers 16:15, 1 Corinthians 9:12, 1 Peter 5:2