But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.

利未人却没有按着支派数在其中，

利未人却没有按照父系支派数在其中。

利未人却没有按照父系支派数在其中。

其中不包括利未人，

只有利未人没有按着他们家族的支派，数点在其中。

利未人卻沒有按着支派數在其中，

利未人卻沒有按照父系支派數在其中。

利未人卻沒有按照父系支派數在其中。

其中不包括利未人，

只有利未人沒有按著他們家族的支派，數點在其中。

惟獨利未人、按他們父系的支派、沒有被點閱於其中。

利未宗族、不列其數、

利未宗族、不列其數、

惟利未支派之人不在其數、○

The ancestral tribe of the Levites, however, was not counted along with the others.

But the families of the tribe of Levi were not counted along with the others.

But the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.

But this total did not include the Levites.

The Levites, however, were not counted among them by their fathers’ tribe.

But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe;

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

But the Levites were not registered with them by their ancestral tribe.

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.

But the Levites were not registered among the Israelites, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

These were the Levites registered by their clans: the Gershonite clan from Gershon; the Kohathite clan from Kohath; the Merarite clan from Merari.These were the Levite family groups: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD.Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.These are the names of Aaron’s sons: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.These are the names of Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.But Nadab and Abihu died in the LORD’s presence when they presented unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests under the direction of Aaron their father.The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him.They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him from the Israelites.You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”The LORD spoke to Moses:“ See, I have taken the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn Israelite from the womb. The Levites belong to me,because every firstborn belongs to me. At the time I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated every firstborn in Israel to myself, both man and animal. They are mine; I am the LORD.”The LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:“ Register the Levites by their ancestral families and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.”So Moses registered them in obedience to the LORD as he had been commanded:These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.Kohath’s sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families.The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500.The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side,and the leader of the Gershonite families was Eliasaph son of Lael.The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the tent ropes— all the work relating to these.The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites.Counting every male one month old or more, there were 8,600 responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,and the leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen— and all the work relating to them.The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200.The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.The assigned duties of Merari’s descendants involved the tabernacle’s supports, crossbars, pillars, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near it was to be put to death.The total number of all the Levite males one month old or more that Moses and Aaron registered by their clans at the LORD’s command was 22,000.The LORD told Moses,“ Register every firstborn male of the Israelites one month old or more, and list their names.You are to take the Levites for me— I am the LORD— in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of every firstborn among the Israelites’ cattle.”So Moses registered every firstborn among the Israelites, as the LORD commanded him.The total number of the firstborn males one month old or more listed by name was 22,273.The LORD spoke to Moses again:“ Take the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle in place of their cattle. The Levites belong to me; I am the LORD.As the redemption price for the 273 firstborn Israelites who outnumber the Levites,collect five shekels for each person, according to the standard sanctuary shekel— twenty gerahs to the shekel.Give the silver to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are in excess among the Israelites.”So Moses collected the redemption amount from those in excess of the ones redeemed by the Levites.He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.He gave the redemption silver to Aaron and his sons in obedience to the LORD, just as the LORD commanded Moses.The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:“ Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral families,men from thirty years old to fifty years old— everyone who is qualified to do work at the tent of meeting.“ The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening curtain, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.They are to place over this a covering made of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth on top, and insert its poles.“ They are to spread a blue cloth over the table of the Presence and place the plates and cups on it, as well as the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to be on it.They are to spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with a covering made of fine leather, and insert the poles in the table.“ They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, with its lamps, snuffers, and firepans, as well as its jars of oil by which they service it.Then they are to place it with all its utensils inside a covering made of fine leather and put them on the carrying frame.“ They are to spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with a covering made of fine leather, and insert its poles.They are to take all the serving utensils they use in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering made of fine leather, and put them on a carrying frame.“ They are to remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,and place all the equipment on it that they use in serving: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and basins— all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread a covering made of fine leather over it and insert its poles.“ Aaron and his sons are to finish covering the holy objects and all their equipment whenever the camp is to move on. The Kohathites will come and carry them, but they are not to touch the holy objects or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the tent of meeting.“ Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has oversight of the lamp oil, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, the holy objects and their utensils.”Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron:“ Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be wiped out from the Levites.Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects as they are covered or they will die.”The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral families and their clans.Register men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who is qualified to perform service, to do work at the tent of meeting.This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transportation duties:They are to transport the tabernacle curtains, the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering made of fine leather on top of it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. They will carry out everything that needs to be done with these items.“ All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting, and their duties will be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.“ As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral families.Register men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who is qualified to do the work of the tent of meeting.This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, pillars, and bases,the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and all the work related to them. You are to assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.This is the service of the Merarite clans regarding all their work at the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral families,men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.The men registered by their clans numbered 2,750.These were the registered men of the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron registered them at the LORD’s command through Moses.The Gershonites were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.The men registered by their clans and their ancestral families numbered 2,630.These were the registered men of the Gershonite clans. At the LORD’s command Moses and Aaron registered everyone who could serve at the tent of meeting.The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,those from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified for work at the tent of meeting.The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.These were the registered men of the Merarite clans; Moses and Aaron registered them at the LORD’s command through Moses.Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered all the Levites by their clans and their ancestral families,from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified to do the work of serving at the tent of meeting and transporting it.Their registered men numbered 8,580.At the LORD’s command they were registered under the direction of Moses, each one according to his work and transportation duty, and his assignment was as the LORD commanded Moses.

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua;Abishua fathered Bukki; Bukki fathered Uzzi;Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; Azariah fathered Johanan;Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;Azariah fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Shallum;Shallum fathered Hilkiah; Hilkiah fathered Azariah;Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.Jehozadak went into exile when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.Kohath’s sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.Kohath’s sons: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.Elkanah’s sons: Amasai and Ahimoth,his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath,his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.Samuel’s sons: his firstborn Joel, and his second son Abijah.Merari’s sons: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.These are the men David put in charge of the music in the LORD’s temple after the ark came to rest there.They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.These are Aaron’s sons: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.Aaron’s descendants were given: Hebron( a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns in all among their families.To the rest of the Kohathites, ten towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:Shechem( a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.The Gershomites received: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.The rest of the Merarites received: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

You and Aaron are to register those who are twenty years old or more by their military divisions— everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.”So Aaron did this; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand just as the LORD had commanded Moses.This is the way the lampstand was made: it was a hammered work of gold, hammered from its base to its flower petals. The lampstand was made according to the pattern the LORD had shown Moses.The LORD spoke to Moses:“ Take the Levites from among the Israelites and ceremonially cleanse them.Do this to them for their purification: Sprinkle them with the purification water. Have them shave their entire bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.“ They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.Bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire Israelite community.Then present the Levites before the LORD, and have the Israelites lay their hands on them.Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a presentation offering from the Israelites, so that they may perform the LORD’s work.Next the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.“ You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the LORD as a presentation offering.In this way you are to separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites so that the Levites will belong to me.After that the Levites may come to serve at the tent of meeting, once you have ceremonially cleansed them and presented them as a presentation offering.For they have been exclusively assigned to me from the Israelites. I have taken them for myself in place of all who come first from the womb, every Israelite firstborn.For every firstborn among the Israelites is mine, both man and animal. I consecrated them to myself on the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt.But I have taken the Levites in place of every firstborn among the Israelites.From the Israelites, I have given the Levites exclusively to Aaron and his sons to perform the work for the Israelites at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did this to the Levites. The Israelites did everything to them the LORD commanded Moses regarding the Levites.The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them before the LORD as a presentation offering. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them ceremonially.After that, the Levites came to do their work at the tent of meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. So they did to them as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites.The LORD spoke to Moses:“ In regard to the Levites: From twenty-five years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting.But at fifty years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.He may assist his brothers to fulfill responsibilities at the tent of meeting, but he must not do the work. This is how you are to deal with the Levites regarding their duties.”

Appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They are to transport the tabernacle and all its articles, take care of it, and camp around it.

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count because the king’s command was detestable to him.