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## Numbers 3:21-38 in Context (Verses 18–41 KJV)
 
 [18 ](/kjv/numbers/3/18) And these *are* the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/numbers/3/19) And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
 
 [20 ](/kjv/numbers/3/20) And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These *are* the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/numbers/3/21) Of Gershon *was* the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these *are* the families of the Gershonites.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/numbers/3/22) Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, *even* those that were numbered of them *were* seven thousand and five hundred.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/numbers/3/23) The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
 
 [24 ](/kjv/numbers/3/24) And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites *shall be* Eliasaph the son of Lael.
 
 [25 ](/kjv/numbers/3/25) And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation *shall be* the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
 
 [26 ](/kjv/numbers/3/26) And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which *is* by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
 
 [27 ](/kjv/numbers/3/27) ¶ And of Kohath *was* the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these *are* the families of the Kohathites.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/numbers/3/28) In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, *were* eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/numbers/3/29) The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
 
 [30 ](/kjv/numbers/3/30) And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites *shall be* Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/numbers/3/31) And their charge *shall be* the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
 
 [32 ](/kjv/numbers/3/32) And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest *shall be* chief over the chief of the Levites, *and have* the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
 
 [33 ](/kjv/numbers/3/33) ¶ Of Merari *was* the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these *are* the families of Merari.
 
 [34 ](/kjv/numbers/3/34) And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, *were* six thousand and two hundred.
 
 [35 ](/kjv/numbers/3/35) And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari *was* Zuriel the son of Abihail: *these* shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
 
 [36 ](/kjv/numbers/3/36) And *under* the custody and charge of the sons of Merari *shall be* the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,*
 
 [37 ](/kjv/numbers/3/37) And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
 
 [38 ](/kjv/numbers/3/38) ¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, *even* before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, *shall be* Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
 
 [39 ](/kjv/numbers/3/39) All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, *were* twenty and two thousand.
 
 [40 ](/kjv/numbers/3/40) ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
 
 [41 ](/kjv/numbers/3/41) And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I *am* the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.
 
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