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The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

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Numbers 3:14–39: in the wilderness of Sinai the Levite males a month old and upward are counted, 22,000. The Gershonites encamp west of the tabernacle, the Kohathites south, the Merarites north, and Moses, Aaron and his sons east.

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NUM 3:14–39, engwebp
¹⁴The LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
¹⁵“Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
¹⁶Moses counted them according to the LORD’s word, as he was commanded.
¹⁷These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
¹⁸These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
¹⁹The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
²⁰The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
²¹Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
²²Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
²³The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
²⁴Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
²⁵The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
²⁶the hangings of the court, 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.
²⁷Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites.
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.
²⁹The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
³⁰The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
³¹Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
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.
³³Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
³⁴Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
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.
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,
³⁷the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
³⁸Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
³⁹All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted 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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Moses — Took part in — The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39
Aaron — Took part in — The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39
Eleazar (son of Aaron) — Took part in — The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39
Eliasaph (son of Lael) — Took part in — The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39
Elizaphan — Took part in — The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39
Zuriel — Took part in — The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39
The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges — Narrated location — Wilderness of Sinai

Evidence: Numbers 3:14–39

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Entry: The Levites counted by family, with their places and charges (event-num-levite-census)
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Current wording: Numbers 3:14–39: in the wilderness of Sinai the Levite males a month old and upward are counted, 22,000. The Gershonites encamp west of the tabernacle, the Kohathites south, the Merarites north, and Moses, Aaron and his sons east.
Cited evidence: NUM 3:14–39, engwebp
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