Numbers Chapter 3 as Hashem Speaks the Jews Did and Obeyed

“Who Selected And Appointed Moses, Aaron And The Levites To Be Of Service To Hashem?”

If you will learn and know these truths, you will never be shaken by anyone who teaches otherwise or contrary to G-d’s servants the prophets.

*Just ask yourself, who said it or who commanded it? And if it does not contradict or rejects what G-d commanded, then it must be fulfilled and accomplished.

“The Progeny of Moses and Aaron”
“Appointment of the Levites”
“The Levites Replacing the Firstborn”
“The Levites are Counted”
“The Israelite Firstborn Are Redeemed”

These are the offspring of Aaron and Moses on the day Hashem spoke with Moses at Mount Sinai:
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the firstborn was Nadab, and Abihu, Elazar, and Ithamar.
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These were the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed Kohanim, whom he inaugurated to minister.
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Nadab and Abihu died before Hashem when they offered an alien fire before Hashem in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; but Elazar and Ithamar ministered during the lifetime of Aaron, their father.
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They shall safeguard his charge and the charge of the entire assembly before the Tent of Meeting, to perform the service of the Tabernacle.
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You shall appoint Aaron and his sons and they shall safeguard their priesthood; and the alien who approaches will die.”
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Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold! I have taken the Levites from among the Children of Israel, in place of every firstborn, the first issue of a womb among the Children of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.
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For every firstborn is Mine: On the day I struck down every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified every firstborn in Israel for Myself, from man to beast; they shall be Mine – I am Hashem.”
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Hashem spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying, “Count the sons of Levi according to their fathers’ household, according to their families, every male from one month of age and up shall you count them.”
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Hashem said to Moses, “Count every firstborn male of the Children of Israel from one month of age and up, and take a census of their names.
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Moses counted – as Hashem had commanded him – every firstborn of the Children of Israel.
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Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, “Take the Levites in place of every firstborn of the Children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites in place of their livestock, and the Levites shall be Mine, I am Hashem.
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1 These are the descendants of Aaron and Moses on the day that the Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai.
2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed kohanim, whom he consecrated to serve as kohanim.
4 Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they brought alien fire before the Lord in the Sinai desert, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar, however, served as kohanim in the presence of Aaron, their father.
5 The Lord spoke to Moses saying:
6 Bring forth the tribe of Levi and present them before Aaron the kohen, that they may serve him.
7 They shall keep his charge and the charge of the entire community before the Tent of Meeting, to perform the service of the Mishkan.
8 They shall take charge of all the vessels of the Tent of Meeting and the charge of the children of Israel, to perform the service of the Mishkan.
9 You shall give over the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they shall be wholly given over to him from the children of Israel.
10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their kehunah; any outsider [non kohen] who approaches shall be put to death.
11 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying.
12 As for Me I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel in place of all firstborns among the children of Israel who have opened the womb, and the Levites shall be Mine.
13 For all the firstborns are Mine; since the day I smote all the firstborns in the land of Egypt, I sanctified for Myself all the firstborns of Israel, both man and beast they shall become Mine, I am the Lord.
14 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Sinai desert, saying:
15 Count the children of Levi according to their fathers’ house according to their families. Count all males from the age of one month and upward.
16 So Moses counted them according to God’s word, just as he was commanded.
17 These were the names of Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18 The names of the sons of Gershon according to their families were Libni and Shim’ei.
19 And the sons of Kohath according to their families were Amram, Itzhar, Hebron, and Uziel.
20 And the sons of Merari according to their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their fathers’ houses.
21 For Gershon, the Libnite family and the Shim’eite family; these are the Gershonite families.
22 Their sum was made according to the number of males from the age of one month and upward; the tally amounted to seven thousand, five hundred.
23 The Gershonite families shall camp behind the Mishkan, to the west.
24 The prince of the father’s house of the Gershonites is Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 The charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting [included] the Mishkan, the Tent, its cover, and the screen for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
26 The hangings of the courtyard, the screen at the entrance to the courtyard, which is around the Mishkan and the altar, its ropes, as well as all the work involved.
27 For Kohath, the Amramite family, the Izharite family, the Hebronite family, and the Uzielite family; these are the families of Kohath.
28 The number of all males from the age of one month and upward amounted to eight thousand six hundred, the keepers of the charge of the holy.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall camp to the south side of the Mishkan.
30 The prince of the father’s house of the Kohathite families is Elizaphan the son of Uziel.
31 Their charge [included] the ark, the table, the menorah, the altars, and the holy utensils with which they would minister, and the screen and all the work involved.
32 The prince over all the princes of the Levites shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the kohen, the appointment of all the keepers of the charge of the Holy.
33 For Merari, the Machlite family and the Mushite family; these are the families of Merari.
34 Their tally according to the number of males from the age of one month and upward was six thousand two hundred.
35 The prince of the father’s house of the Merarite families is Zuriel the son of Abihail; they shall camp on the north side of the Mishkan.
36 The appointment of the charge of the sons of Merari [included] the planks of the Mishkan, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets, all its utensils, and all the work involved.
37 Also the pillars of the surrounding courtyard, their sockets, their stakes, and their ropes.
38 Camping in front of the Mishkan, in front of the Tent of Meeting to the east were Moses, Aaron and his sons, the keepers of the charge of the Sanctuary as a trust for the children of Israel; any outsider who approaches shall be put to death.
39 The sum of the male Levites according to their families, from the age of one month and upward, counted by Moses and Aaron according to the word of the Lord, was twenty two thousand.
40 The Lord said to Moses: Count every firstborn male aged one month and upward of the children of Israel, and take the number of their names.
41 And you shall take the Levites for Me I am the Lord instead of all firstborns among the children of Israel. And [take] the Levites’ animals instead of all the firstborn animals of the children of Israel.
42 So Moses counted every firstborn of Israel, as the Lord had commanded him.
43 The firstborn males aged one month and upward, according to the number of names, was twenty two thousand, two hundred and seventy three.
44 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborns among the children of Israel and the Levites’ animals instead of their animals, and the Levites shall be Mine I am the Lord.
46 As for the two hundred and seventy three of the children of Israel who required redemption, who are in excess of the Levites,
47 you shall take five shekels per head, according to the holy shekel, by which the shekel is twenty gerahs.
48 You shall give the money to Aaron and his sons, in redemption for the firstborns who are in excess of them.
49 So Moses took the redemption money for those in excess of those redeemed by the Levites.
50 He took the money from the firstborn of the children of Israel; one thousand, three hundred and sixty five of the holy shekels.
51 Then Moses gave the money of those redeemed to Aaron and his sons, in accordance with the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.