These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.

Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,

And they will have the care of all the vessels of the Tent of meeting, and will do for the children of Israel all the necessary work of the House.

And give orders that Aaron and his sons are to keep their place as priests any strange person who comes near is to be put to death.

See, I have taken the Levites out of the children of Israel to be mine in place of the first sons of the children of Israel

And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,

So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.

And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.

And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were eight thousand, six hundred, who were responsible for the care of the holy place.

Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.

Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.

Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.

And in their care are to be all the boards of the Tent, with their rods and pillars and bases, and all the instruments, and all they are used for,

And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.

And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.

So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.

And the Lord said to Moses,

And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,

And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.

From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place

Let the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, be numbered by their families, in the order of their fathers' houses

And this is to be the work of the sons of Kohath in connection with the most holy things.

And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth and putting its rods in place.

And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.

All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with a leather cover, and put them on the frame.

Placing on the cloth all its vessels, the fire-baskets, the meat-hooks, the spades, and the basins all the vessels of the altar they are to put a leather cover over all these, and put its rods in their places.

And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, is to be responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet perfumes for burning, and the regular meal offering, and the holy oil the House and the holy place and everything in it will be in his care.

Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites

But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses

This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.

And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, with the cords and all the things used for them whatever is necessary for these, they are to do.

This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

Every one from thirty to fifty years old who is able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.

And the pillars of the open space outside it, with their bases and their nails and cords and all the instruments used, and everything which has to be done there all the instruments for which they are responsible are to be numbered by name.

So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people took in hand the numbering of the sons of the Kohathites, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses

And the number of all these was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.

And those of the sons of Gershon who were numbered by families,

Who were numbered by families in the order of their fathers' houses, were two thousand, six hundred and thirty.

And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

Who were numbered by families, were three thousand, two hundred.

And all the Levites who were numbered by Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the people, by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,

Came to eight thousand, five hundred and eighty.

A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

Who is living with Simon, a leather-worker, whose house is by the sea.

And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him

In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.

But Peter said, No, Lord for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.

And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven.

To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.

And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words.