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And Yhwh (Lord) spake to Mosheh in the wilderness of Sinay, saying, Count the children of Lewi according to their fathers’ houses, according to their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou count them. And Mosheh counted them according to the word of Yhwh (Lord), as he was commanded. And these were the sons of Lewi by their names: Gershon and Qahath and Marari. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Livni and Shimi. And the sons of Qahath by their families: Amram and Yis'har, Hevron and Uzzi'el. And the sons of Marari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. Those are the Lewiyi families according to their fathers’ houses.

Of Gershon was the Livniyi family and the Shimiyi family; those are the Gershunni families. Those who were counted of them according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward numbered seven thousand five hundred. The Gershunni families were to pitch behind the tabernacle westward; and the chief of the fathers' house of the Gershunnis was Elyasaf the son of La'el. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting were the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting, and the hangings of the courtyard, and the screen for the entrance to the courtyard, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar, round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

And of Qahath was the Amrami family, and the Yis'hari family, and the Hevroni family, and the Azzi'eli family; those are the Qahathi families. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. The families of the sons of Qahath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. And the chief of the fathers’ house of the Qahathi families was Elisafan the son of Uzzi'el. And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. And Elazar the son of Aharon the priest was to be chief of the Lewiyi chiefs, with the oversight of those who kept the charge of the sanctuary. Of Marari was the Mahliyi family and the Mushiyi family; those are the families of Marari. And those who were counted of them according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward were six thousand two hundred. And the chief of the fathers’ house of the families of Marari was Suri'el the son of Avihayil. They were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. And the appointed charge of the sons of Marari were the tabernacle's boards, and bars, and pillars, and bases, and all the furnishings thereof, and all the service thereof, and the pillars of the courtyard round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords.