利未人的职分
1以下是耶和华在西奈山与摩西说话期间亚伦和摩西的后代。
2亚伦的长子是拿答，其他儿子还有亚比户、以利亚撒和以他玛。 3亚伦的儿子都是受膏的祭司，从摩西那里承受圣职做祭司。 4拿答和亚比户在西奈旷野用凡火向耶和华献祭，因而被击杀。他们没有后裔，因此只剩下以利亚撒和以他玛在父亲亚伦身边担任祭司。
5耶和华对摩西说： 6“你去叫利未支派来协助亚伦祭司。 7他们要为亚伦和全体会众在会幕司职，办理圣幕的事务， 8也要负责看守会幕里面的器具，为以色列人办理圣幕的事务。 9你要把利未人交给亚伦父子们，因为他们是从以色列人中选出来协助亚伦的。 10你要指派亚伦父子们尽祭司的职分，其他人若走近圣幕，必被处死。” 11耶和华又对摩西说： 12“我从以色列人中拣选利未人代替以色列人所有的长子。利未人要属于我， 13因为所有头生的都属于我。我杀死埃及人所有的长子和头生的牲畜那天，已把以色列人所有的长子和头生的牲畜都分别出来，使之圣洁，归给我，我是耶和华。”
14耶和华在西奈旷野对摩西说： 15“你要按利未人的宗族和家系统计他们的人口，登记所有年龄在一个月以上的男性。” 16于是，摩西照耶和华的吩咐统计利未人。 17利未的儿子是革顺、哥辖和米拉利。 18革顺的儿子依次是立尼和示每。 19哥辖的儿子依次是暗兰、以斯哈、希伯仑和乌薛。 20米拉利的儿子依次是抹利和姆示。他们按家系都属于利未人的宗族。
21革顺宗族有立尼和示每两个家族， 22其中年龄在一个月以上的男性共七千五百人。 23革顺宗族的人要在圣幕的后面，即西面安营， 24拉伊勒的儿子以利雅萨做首领。 25他们负责看守会幕，即圣幕、圣幕的罩棚、顶盖和门帘、 26围绕圣幕和祭坛的院子的帷幔、门帘、绳索及一切相关的物品。
27哥辖宗族有暗兰家族、以斯哈家族、希伯仑家族和乌薛家族， 28其中年龄在一个月以上的男性共有八千六百人，他们负责看守圣所。 29哥辖宗族的人要在圣幕南面安营， 30乌薛的儿子以利撒反做首领。 31他们负责照管约柜、桌子、灯台、两座坛、圣所里面的器具、幔子等一切物品。 32亚伦祭司的儿子以利亚撒是利未人的最高首领，负责监督在圣所工作的人。
33米拉利宗族有抹利和姆示两个家族， 34其中年龄在一个月以上的男性共六千二百人， 35亚比亥的儿子苏列做首领。他们要在圣幕的北面安营， 36负责照管圣幕的木板、横闩、柱子、带凹槽的底座和圣幕的一切器具， 37以及院子四周的柱子、带凹槽的底座、橛子和绳索。
38摩西、亚伦和亚伦的儿子们要在圣幕东面、朝日出的方向安营，为以色列人在圣所司职。凡擅自走近圣所的人，都要被处死。 39摩西和亚伦照耶和华的吩咐，按宗族统计利未人，年龄在一个月以上的男性共两万二千人。
利未人代替长子的地位
40耶和华对摩西说：“你要统计以色列人中年龄在一个月以上的长子，登记他们的姓名。 41我是耶和华，你要把利未人归给我，代替以色列人所有的长子，也要把利未人的牲畜献给我，代替以色列人所有头生的牲畜。” 42摩西就照耶和华的吩咐统计了以色列人的长子， 43年龄在一个月以上的共两万二千二百七十三人。 44耶和华又对摩西说： 45“你要用利未人代替以色列人所有的长子，用利未人的牲畜代替以色列人所有头生的牲畜。利未人是属于我的，我是耶和华。 46以色列人所有长子的人数比利未人总数多二百七十三人，这些多出来的人需要被赎回， 47每人折合五十五克银子，要以圣所的秤为准，即一舍客勒3:47 一舍客勒约合十一克。是二十季拉。 48要把赎银交给亚伦父子们。” 49摩西就收取了那二百七十三人的赎银， 50以圣所的秤计算，共十五公斤银子， 51照耶和华的吩咐，将赎银交给亚伦父子们。
1These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. 2And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.3.3 whom…: Heb. whose hand he filled 4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
5¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. 7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. 10And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 12And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; 13Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
14¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.3.16 word: Heb. mouth 17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. 23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27¶ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. 32And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33¶ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. 35And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. 36And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,3.36 under…: Heb. the office of the charge 37And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
38¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 39All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
40¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. 42And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. 43And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
44¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. 46And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; 47Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) 48And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. 49And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: 50Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 51And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
