So Mosesnumberedthem accordingto the wordof the LORD,justas he had been commanded.
Then the sonsof Israeldidso;and Josephgavethem wagonsaccordingto the commandof Pharaoh,and gavethem provisionsfor the journey.
"Numberthe sonsof Leviby their fathers'households,by their families;everymalefrom a montholdand upwardyou shall number."
Thesethen are the sonsof Leviby their names:Gershonand Kohathand Merari.
Allthe numberedmen of the Levites,whomMosesand Aaronnumberedat the commandof the LORDby their families,everymalefrom a montholdand upward,[were] 22,000
Then Mosesgavethe ransommoneyto Aaronand to his sons,at the commandof the LORD,justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.
"Allthe serviceof the sonsof the Gershonites,in alltheir loadsand in alltheir work,shall be [performed] at the commandof Aaronand his sons;and you shall assignto them as a dutyalltheir loads.
Theseare the numberedmen of the Kohathitefamilies,everyonewho was servingin the tentof meeting,whomMosesand Aaronnumberedaccordingto the commandmentof the LORDthroughMoses.
Theseare the numberedmen of the familiesof the sonsof Gershon,everyonewho was servingin the tentof meeting,whomMosesand Aaronnumberedaccordingto the commandmentof the LORD.
Theseare the numberedmen of the familiesof the sonsof Merari,whomMosesand Aaronnumberedaccordingto the commandmentof the LORDthroughMoses.
Accordingto the commandmentof the LORDthroughMoses,they were numbered,everyoneby his servingor carrying;thus [these were] his numberedmen, justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.
"Then the priests,the sonsof Levi,shall comenear,for the LORDyour Godhas chosenthem to serveHim and to blessin the nameof the LORD;and everydisputeand everyassaultshall be settledby them.
