Numbers 3 (NET)

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Numbers 3:1¹Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 6:20 Exod 6:16 Exod 6:27 Gen 10:1 Gen 2:4 Gen 5:1 Lev 25:1 Lev 27:34-Num 1:1 Matt 1:1

Numbers 3:2²These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 6:23 Num 26:60 1 Chr 24:1 1 Chr 6:3 Exod 28:1

Numbers 3:3³These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 28:41 Lev 8:1-9 Lev 8:12 Lev 8:30 Exod 29:1-37 Exod 40:13 Exod 40:15 Heb 7:28

Numbers 3:4⁴Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the desert of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 10:1-2 Num 26:61

Numbers 3:5⁵The Lord spoke to Moses:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:6⁶“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 10:8 Deut 33:8-9 Exod 32:26-29 Mal 2:4 Num 1:49-53 Num 16:9-11 Num 18:1-7 Num 2:17 Num 2:33 Num 8:6-26

Numbers 3:7⁷They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:50 Num 8:11 Num 8:15 1 Chr 23:28-32 1 Chr 26:20 1 Chr 26:22 1 Chr 26:26 Num 3:32 Num 31:30 Num 8:24-26

Numbers 3:8⁸And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 26:20-28 Ezra 8:24-30 Isa 52:11 Num 10:17 Num 10:21 Num 4:15 Num 4:28 Num 4:33

Numbers 3:9⁹You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 8:19 Eph 4:11 Eph 4:8 Num 18:6-7

Numbers 3:10¹⁰So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood, but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:51 Num 3:38 Num 18:7 Rom 12:7 1 Tim 4:15-16 2 Chr 26:16-21 Acts 6:3-4 Eph 2:19 Exod 29:9 Ezek 44:8

Numbers 3:11¹¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:12¹²“Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 18:6 Num 3:41 Num 8:16 Exod 13:2 Num 3:45 Num 8:18

Numbers 3:13¹³because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 13:12 Luke 2:23 Exod 13:2 Exod 13:15 Lev 27:26 Exod 12:29-30 Exod 22:29 Exod 34:19 Ezek 44:30 Heb 12:23

Numbers 3:14¹⁴Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:15¹⁵“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 26:62 2 Tim 3:15 Mark 10:14 Jer 2:2 Jer 31:3 Num 1:47 Num 18:15-16 Num 3:22 Num 3:28 Num 3:34

Numbers 3:16¹⁶So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:39 Num 4:37 Deut 21:5 Num 3:51 Num 4:27 Num 4:41 Num 4:45 Num 4:49 Gen 45:21

Numbers 3:17¹⁷These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 46:11 Exod 6:16-19 1 Chr 6:1-2 1 Chr 6:16-19 Josh 21:1-45 Neh 11:1-12 Num 15:5-23 Num 23:6-23 Num 24:1-25 Num 26:57-58

Numbers 3:18¹⁸These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 6:17 Exod 6:17-19 1 Chr 23:7-11 1 Chr 25:4 1 Chr 26:1-32 1 Chr 6:20-21 Neh 12:1-26 Num 3:21

Numbers 3:19¹⁹The sons of Kohath by their families were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 6:18 1 Chr 6:18 1 Chr 15:17-21 1 Chr 15:5 1 Chr 15:8-10 1 Chr 23:12-13 1 Chr 23:18-20 1 Chr 25:4 1 Chr 26:1-32 1 Chr 6:38

Numbers 3:20²⁰The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 6:19 1 Chr 6:19 1 Chr 15:6 1 Chr 23:21-23 1 Chr 24:27-30 1 Chr 25:3 1 Chr 6:29 1 Chr 6:44-47 Num 3:33

Numbers 3:21²¹From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:22²²Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 7,500.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 4:38-40

Numbers 3:23²³The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:53 Num 2:17

Numbers 3:24²⁴Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:25²⁵And the responsibilities of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 25:9 1 Chr 23:32 1 Chr 26:21-22 1 Chr 9:14-33 1 Tim 1:18 2 Chr 31:11-18 2 Chr 31:2 Col 4:17 Exod 26:1-14 Exod 26:36-37

Numbers 3:26²⁶the hangings of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard that surrounded the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, plus all the service connected with these things.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 35:18 Exod 27:9-16 Exod 38:9-16

Numbers 3:27²⁷From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 26:23 1 Chr 23:12 Num 3:19

Numbers 3:28²⁸Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:31 Num 3:7 Num 4:35-36

Numbers 3:29²⁹The families of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:53 Num 2:10 Num 3:23

Numbers 3:30³⁰Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:31³¹Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the curtain, and all their service.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 25:10-40 Exod 26:31-33 Exod 27:1-8 Exod 30:1-10 Exod 31:1-18 Exod 36:35-36 Exod 37:1-38:7 Exod 39:33-42 Exod 40:2-16 Exod 40:30

Numbers 3:32³²Now the head of all the Levitical leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the sanctuary.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 26:20-24 1 Chr 9:14-20 2 Kgs 25:18 Num 20:25-28 Num 4:16 Num 4:27

Numbers 3:33³³From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Chr 23:21 1 Chr 6:19 Num 3:20

Numbers 3:34³⁴Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:21 Num 2:11 Num 2:9

Numbers 3:35³⁵Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:53 Num 2:25 Num 3:28-29

Numbers 3:36³⁶The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 26:15-29 Exod 26:32 Exod 26:37 Exod 27:9-19 Exod 35:11 Exod 35:18 Exod 36:20-34 Exod 36:36 Exod 38:17-20 Exod 39:33

Numbers 3:37³⁷and the pillars of the courtyard all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their ropes.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:38³⁸But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 1:53 Num 3:10 Num 2:3 1 Chr 6:48-49 Num 1:51 Num 18:1-5 Num 3:23 Num 3:29 Num 3:35 Num 3:7-8

Numbers 3:39³⁹All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 26:62 Matt 7:14 Num 4:47-48

Numbers 3:40⁴⁰Then the Lord said to Moses, “Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:15 2 Tim 2:19 Exod 32:26-29 Heb 12:23 Isa 4:3 Luke 10:20 Num 3:12 Num 3:45 Phil 4:3 Ps 87:6

Numbers 3:41⁴¹And take the Levites for me—I am the Lord —instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:12 Num 3:45 1 Tim 2:6 Exod 24:5-6 Exod 32:26-29 Matt 20:28 Num 18:15 Num 8:16

Numbers 3:42⁴²So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:43⁴³And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:39

Numbers 3:44⁴⁴Then the Lord spoke to Moses:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:45⁴⁵“Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:12 Num 3:40-41

Numbers 3:46⁴⁶And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 13:13 Num 18:15-16

Numbers 3:47⁴⁷collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs).Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 30:13 Lev 27:6 Lev 27:25 Num 18:16 Ezek 45:12 Num 3:50

Numbers 3:48⁴⁸And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:49⁴⁹So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Numbers 3:50⁵⁰From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 3:46-47 1 Pet 1:18 1 Pet 3:18 1 Tim 2:5-6 Heb 9:12 Matt 20:28 Titus 2:14