Numbers 3

The generations of Aaron and Moses, Numbers 3:1-4 . The tribe of Levi to minister to the Lord under Aaron and his sons, Numbers 3:5-10 . They are taken in the place of the first-born, Numbers 3:11-13 . Moses is commanded to number them, Numbers 3:14-16 . Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the names of the three heads of families of the Levites, Numbers 3:17 . Of Gershon and his family, Numbers 3:18-21 . Their number, 7,500, Numbers 3:22 . Their place behind the tabernacle, westward, Numbers 3:23 . Their chief, Eliasaph, Numbers 3:24 . Their charge, Numbers 3:25 , Numbers 3:26 . Of Kohath and his family, Numbers 3:27 . Their number, 8,600, Numbers 3:28 . Their place, beside the tabernacle, southward, Numbers 3:29 . Their chief, Elizaphan, Numbers 3:30 . Their charge, Numbers 3:31 . The chief of the Levites, Eleazar, son of Aaron, Numbers 3:32 . Of Merari and his family, Numbers 3:33 . Their number, 6,200, Numbers 3:34 . Their chief, Zuriel, they shall pitch beside the tabernacle, northward, Numbers 3:35 . Their charge, Numbers 3:35-37 . Moses and Aaron to encamp before the tabernacle, eastward, Numbers 3:38 . The amount of all the males among the Levites from a month old and upwards, 22,000, Numbers 3:39 . Moses is commanded to number the first-born, Numbers 3:40 ; and to take the Levites and their cattle, instead of the first-born of man and beast among the Israelites, Numbers 3:41 . Moses numbers the first-born, who amount to 22,273, Numbers 3:43 . As the first-born were 273 more than the Levites, Moses is commanded to take from the people five shekels apiece for them, Numbers 3:44-47 , which is to be given to Aaron and his sons, Numbers 3:48 . Moses does accordingly, and finds the amount of the money to be 1,365 shekels, Numbers 3:49 , Numbers 3:50 , which is given to Aaron and his sons, Numbers 3:51 .