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As Yahweh commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

וַֽיִּפְקְדֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

The children of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;

וַיִּהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

The children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.

וְחָנ֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the Levites shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony."

וְשָׁמְרוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

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

וְנָסַ֧ע (וְ) ve. “and”

Thus the children of Israel did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father.

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

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

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

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

They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

וְשָׁמְר֗וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.

וְנָתַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death."

וְשָׁמְר֖וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

"Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine:

וְהָ֥יוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel."

וְלָקַחְתָּ֨ (וְ) ve. “and”