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As the LORD commanded Moses, so did he number them in the wilderness of Sinai.

וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

And the children of Reuben, Israel's first-born, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

וַיִּהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

even all those that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man with his own camp, and every man with his own standard, according to their hosts.

וְחָנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.'

וְשָׁמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus did the children of Israel; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

Then the tent of meeting, with the camp of the Levites, shall set forward in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.

וְנָסַ֧ע (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus did the children of Israel: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, each one according to its families, and according to its fathers' houses.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And 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 presence of Aaron their father.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיְכַהֵ֤ן (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

'Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

וְֽהַעֲמַדְתָּ֣ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁרְת֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

וְשָׁמְר֣וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

וְשָׁמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given unto him from the children of Israel.

וְנָתַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, that they may keep their priesthood; and the common man that draweth nigh shall be put to death.'

וְשָׁמְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

'And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every first-born that openeth the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine;

וְהָ֥יוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Number all the first-born males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And thou shalt take the Levites for Me, even the LORD, instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.'

וְלָקַחְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”