04:003:010 And 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.
04:003:011 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:003:012 And 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;
04:003:013 Because 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.
04:003:014 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
04:003:015 Number 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.
04:003:016 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as
he was commanded.
04:003:017 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and
Kohath, and Merari.
04:003:018 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their
families; Libni, and Shimei.
04:003:019 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar,
Hebron, and Uzziel.