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Behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the children of Israel, instead of every male that opens the womb from among the children of Israel: they shall be their ransom, and the Levites shall be mine.

They that encamp before the tabernacle of witness on the east shall be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charges of the sanctuary according to the charges of the children of Israel; and the stranger that touches them, shall die.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

And thou shalt take the Levites for me—I am the Lord—instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.

Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers’ households;

Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to their families.

Charge the children of Israel, and let them send forth out of the camp every leper, and every one who has in issue of the reins, and every one who is unclean from a dead body.

And the children of Israel did so, and sent them out of the camp: as the Lord said to Moses, so did the children of Israel.

Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Every man or woman who shall commit any sin that is common to man, or if that soul shall in anywise have neglected the commandment and transgressed;

And every first-fruits in all the sanctified things among the children of Israel, whatsoever they shall offer to the Lord, shall be for the priest himself.

Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosesoever wife shall transgress against him, and slight and despise him,

speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord,

Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, Thus ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them,

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I the Lord will bless them.

On the fourth day Elisur the son of Sediur, the prince of the children of Ruben.

On the fifth day the prince of the children of Symeon, Salamiel the son of Surisadai.

Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them.

And Aaron shall separate the Levites for a gift before the Lord from the children of Israel: and they shall be prepared to perform the works of the Lord.

For these are given to me for a present out of the midst of the children of Israel: I have taken them to myself instead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel that open every womb.