1 N ow these are the generations of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

وَهَذِهِ هِيَ عائِلَةُ هارُونَ وَمُوسَى حِينَ كَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى عَلَى جَبَلِ سِيناءَ.

2 T hese are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ أبناءِ هارُونَ: نادابُ الابنُ البِكرُ، ثُمَّ أبِيهُو وَألِيعازارُ وَإيثامارُ.

3 T hese are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom Aaron consecrated and ordained to minister in the priest’s office.

هَذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ أبناءِ هارُونَ الَّذِينَ مُسِحُوا كَكَهَنَةٍ. وَقَدْ تَمَّ تَعيِينُهُمْ لِيَخدِمُوا كَكَهَنَةٍ.

4 B ut Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence and under the supervision of Aaron their father.

وَلَكِنَّ نادابَ وَأبِيهُو ماتا بَينَما كانا يَخدِمانِ اللهَ حِينَ قَدَّما ناراً مِنْ مَصدَرٍ غَرِيبٍ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ سِيناءَ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُما أبناءٌ. فَخَدَمَ ألِيعازارُ وَإيثامارُ كَكاهِنَينِ بَينَما كانَ هارُونُ حَيّاً. اللّاوِيُّونَ مُساعِدُو الكَهَنَة

5 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

6 B ring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

«قَدِّمْ قَبِيلَةَ لاوِي لِهارُونَ الكاهِنِ كَي يُساعِدُوهُ.

7 A nd they shall carry out his instructions and the duties connected with the whole assembly before the Tent of Meeting, doing the service of the tabernacle.

فَلْيَخْدِمُوهُ وَيَخدِمُوا كُلَّ الجَماعَةِ أمامَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ، وَيَقُومُوا بِالأعمالِ الصَّعبَةِ فِي المَسْكَنِ المُقَدَّسِ.

8 A nd they shall keep all the instruments and furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and take charge of the Israelites, to serve in the tabernacle.

يَحرُسُونَ جَمِيعَ أدَواتِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ. يَمَثِّلُونَ بِذَلِكَ جَمِيعَ بَني إسْرائِيلَ. وَيَخْدِمُونَ فِي المَسْكَنِ.

9 A nd you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the Israelites.

«عَيِّنِ اللّاوِيِّينَ لِمُساعَدَةِ هارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ. يَكُونُونَ مُكَرَّسينَ بِالكامِلِ لِهارُونَ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.

10 A nd you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe and attend to their priest’s office; but the excluded who comes near shall be put to death.

«عَيِّنْ هارُونَ وَأبناءَهُ لِيَقُومُوا بِواجِباتِ الكَهَنُوتِ. كُلُّ مَنْ يَتَطَفَّلُ لِلقِيامِ بِعَمَلِ الكَهنُوتِ يُقْتَلُ.»

11 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى:

12 B ehold, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites; and the Levites shall be Mine,

«ها قَدْ أخَذْتُ اللّاوِيِّينَ مِنْ بَينِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ. بَدَلَ كُلِّ الأولادِ الأبْكارِ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ، فَسَيَكُونُ الَّلاوِيُّونَ لِي.

13 F or all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast; Mine they shall be. I am the Lord.

جَمِيعُ الأبْكارِ مِنَ النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ لِي. فَحِينَ قَتَلْتُ الأبْكارَ فِي أرْضِ مِصرَ، خَصَّصْتُ لِنَفسِي جَمِيعَ الأبكارِ فِي إسْرائِيلَ، مِنَ النّاسِ وَالحَيواناتِ. هُمْ لِي، أنا اللهَ.»

14 A nd the Lord said to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى فِي بَرِّيَّةِ سِيناءَ:

15 N umber the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses and by families. Every male from a month old and upward you shall number.

«أحصِ اللّاوِيِّينَ بِحَسَبِ عائِلاتِهِمْ وَعَشائِرِهِمْ. أحْصِ جَمِيعَ الذُّكُورِ البالِغِينَ شَهراً أوْ أكثَرَ.»

16 S o Moses numbered them as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

فَأحْصاهُمْ مُوسَى وَفْقاً لِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ.

17 T hese were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

وَهَذِهِ هِيَ أسْماءُ أبناءِ لاوِي: جَرْشُونُ وَقَهاتُ وَمَرارِي.

18 A nd these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

وَهَذانِ اسْما عَشِيرَتَي جَرْشُونَ: لِبْنِي وَشِمْعِي.

19 T he sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

وَأمّا عَشائِرُ قَهاتَ فَهِيَ عَمْرامُ وَيِصْهارُ وَحَبْرُونُ وَعُزِّيئِيلُ.

20 T he sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.

وَأمّا عَشِيرَتا مَرارِي فَكانَتا: مَحلِي وَمُوشِي. هَذِهِ هِيَ عَشائِرُ اللّاوِيِّينَ بِحَسَبِ عائِلاتِهِمْ.

21 O f Gershon were the families of the Libnites and of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.

عَشِيرَتا جَرشُونَ هُما لِبْنِي وَشِمْعِي. هاتانِ هُما عَشِيرَتا الجَرشُونِيِّينَ.

22 T he males who were numbered of them from a month old and upward totaled 7, 500.

وَعَدَدُ جَميعِ ذُكُورِهِمُ البالِغِينَ شَهراً فَأكثَرَ هُوَ سَبعَةُ آلافٍ وَخَمسُ مِئَةٍ.

23 T he families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,

كانَتْ عَشيرَتا الجَرشُونِيِّينَ تُخَيِّمانِ خَلفَ المَسْكَنِ إلَى الجِهَةِ الغَربِيَّةِ.

24 T he leader of the fathers’ houses of the Gershonites being Eliasaph son of Lael.

وَرَئِيسُ عَشِيرَتا الجَرشُونِيِّينَ هُوَ ألِياسافُ بْنُ لايِلَ.

25 A nd the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

أمَّا مَسؤولِيَّةُ الجَرشُونِيِّينَ فِي خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ فَهِيَ المَسْكَنُ: الخَيمَةُ وَغِطاؤُها وَسِتارَةُ مَدخَلِ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ،

26 A nd the hangings of the court, the curtain for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, its cords, and all the service pertaining to them.

وَسَتائِرُ السّاحَةِ وَسِتارَةُ مَدْخَلِ السّاحَةِ الَّتِي حَولَ المَسْكَنِ وَالمَذبَحِ وَالحِبالِ، مَعَ كُلِّ الأعمالِ المُختَصَّةِ بِحَملِ الخَيمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ وَنَقلِها.

27 O f Kohath were the families of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

وَعَشائِرُ قَهاتَ هِيَ عَمْرامُ وَيِصْهارُ وَحَبْرُونُ وَعُزِّيئِيلُ. هَذِهِ هِيَ عَشائِرُ القَهاتِيِّينَ.

28 T he number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 8, 600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ جَمِيعِ ذُكُورِهِمُ البالِغِينَ شَهراً فَأكثَرَ ثَمانِيَةَ آلافٍ وَثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ. وَكانُوا يَقُومُونَ بِواجِباتِهِمْ فِي المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ.

29 T he families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle,

وَكانَتْ عَشائِرُ القَهاتِيِّينَ تُخَيِّمُ فِي الجِهَةِ الجَنُوبِيَّةِ مِنَ المَسْكَنِ المُقَدَّسِ.

30 T he chief of the fathers’ houses of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

وَرَئِيسُ عَشِيرَةِ القَهاتِيِّينَ هُوَ ألِيصافانُ بْنُ عُزِّيئِيلَ.

31 T heir charge was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen, and all the service having to do with these.

وَكانَتْ مَسْؤُوليّةُ القَهاتِيِّينَ هِيَ الصُّندُوقُ المُقَدَّسُ وَالمائِدَةُ وَالمَنارَةُ وَالمَذبَحَ وَمَذْبَحَ البَخُورِ وَآنِيَةِ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ الَّتِي يَسْتَخْدِمُها الكَهَنَةُ، وَالسِتارَةُ، وَجَمِيعُ الأدَواتِ المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِالخِدْمَةِ.

32 E leazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.

أمّا رَئِيسُ رُؤَساءِ اللّاوِيِّينَ، فَهُوَ ألِيعازارُ بْنُ هارُونَ الكاهِنِ. وَقَدْ كانَ مَسؤُولاً عَنْ القائِمينَ بِواجِباتِ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ.

33 O f Merari were the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.

وَعَشِيرَتا مَرارِي هُما مَحلِي وَمُوشِي. هاتانِ هُما عَشِيرَتا مَرارِي.

34 T heir number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 6, 200.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ جَمِيعِ ذُكُورِهِمُ البالِغِينَ شَهراً فَأكثَرَ سِتَّةَ آلافٍ وَمِئَتَينِ.

35 A nd the head of the fathers’ houses of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail; the Merarites were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

وَرَئِيسُ عَشِيرَةِ المَرارِيِّينَ هُوَ صُورِئِيلُ بْنُ أبِيحايِلَ. وَكانُوا يُخَيِّمُونَ فِي الجِهَةِ الشَّمالِيَّةِ مِنَ المَسْكَنِ المُقَدَّسِ.

36 A nd the appointed charge of the sons of Merari was the boards or frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, pillars, sockets or bases, and all the accessories or instruments of it, and all the work connected with them,

وَكانَ المَرارِيُّونَ مَسؤُولُونَ عَنْ حِراسَةِ ألواحِ المَسْكَنِ وَعَوارِضِهِ وَأعمِدَتِهِ وَقَواعِدِها، وَكُلِّ أدَواتِهِ وَالخِدْماتِ المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِها.

37 A nd the pillars of the surrounding court and their sockets or bases, with their pegs and their cords.

كَما كُانُوا مَسؤُولِينَ عَنْ أعمِدَةِ السّاحَةِ المُحِيطَةِ بِالخَيمَةِ المُقَدَّسَةِ وَقَواعِدِها وَأوتادِها وَحِبالِها.

38 B ut those to encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, before the Tent of Meeting, toward the sunrise, were to be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the full charge of the rites of the sanctuary in whatever was required for the Israelites; and the excluded who came near was to be put to death.

وَكانَ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ وَأولادُ هارُونَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُخَيِّمُونَ أمامَ المَسْكَنِ فِي الجِهَةِ الشَّرقِيَّةِ، أمامَ خَيمَةِ الاجْتِماعِ بِاتِّجاهِ مَشرِقِ الشَّمسِ. كانُوا هُمُ المُشْرِفُونَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الطُّقُوسِ الَّتِي تُقامُ داخِلَ المَكانِ المُقَدَّسِ، وَعَنْ جَمِيعِ المَسائِلِ المُتَعَلِّقَةِ بِبَنِي إسْرائيلَ. وَكُلُّ دَخيلٍ يَقْتَرِبُ مِنْ أرْضِهِمْ، كانَ يُقْتَلُ.

39 A ll the Levites whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were 22, 000.

فَكَانَ عَدَدُ اللّاوِيِّينَ الَّذِينَ أحصاهُمْ مُوسَى وَهارُونُ بِحَسَبِ أمرِ اللهِ بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِهِمْ، اثْنَينِ وَعِشرِينَ ألفاً مِنَ الذُّكُورِ البالِغِينَ شَهراً فَأكثَرَ. اللّاوِيُّونَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ بِكْر

40 A nd the Lord said to Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

وَقالَ اللهُ لِمُوسَى: «أحصِ كُلَّ الأبْكارِ الذُّكُورِ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ يَبلُغُونَ شَهراً فَأكثَرَ، وَاكتُبْ قائِمَةً بِأسمائِهِمْ.

41 Y ou shall take the Levites for Me instead of all the firstborn among the Israelites. I am the Lord; and you shall take the cattle of the Levites for Me instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the Israelites.

وَخُذِ اللّاوِيِّينَ لِي، أنا اللهُ ، بَدَلَ كُلِّ الأبْكارِ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ. وَخُذْ حَيواناتِ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ أبْكارِ حَيواناتِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ.»

42 S o Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn Israelites.

فَأحصَى مُوسَى كُلَّ الأبْكارِ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ، كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

43 B ut all the firstborn males from a month old and upward as numbered were 22, 273.

وَكانَ عَدَدُ الأبْكارِ الذُّكُورِ، مُدَوَّنِينَ بِأسمائِهِمْ، مِمَّنْ يَبلُغُونَ شَهراً فَأكثَرَ، اثْنَينِ وَعِشرِينَ ألفاً وَمِئَتَينِ وَثَلاثاً وَسَبعِينَ.

44 A nd the Lord said to Moses,

وَكَلَّمَ اللهُ مُوسَى فَقالَ:

45 T ake the Levites instead of all the firstborn Israelites, and the Levites’ cattle instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine. I am the Lord.

«خُذِ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ صَبِيٍّ بِكْرٍ فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ، وَخُذْ حَيواناتِ اللّاوِيِّينَ بَدَلَ كُلِّ أبْكارِ حَيواناتِ إسْرائِيلَ. اللّاوِيُّونَ لِي، أنا اللهَ.

46 A nd for those 273 who are to be redeemed of the firstborn of the Israelites who outnumber the Levites,

وَلِفِداءِ المِئَتَينِ وَالثَّلاثَ وَالسَّبعِينَ بِكراً فِي بَني إسْرائِيلَ الَّذِينَ زادُوا عَنْ عَدَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ،

47 Y ou shall take five shekels apiece, reckoning by the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs; you shall collect them,

خُذْ خَمسَةَ مَثَاقيلَ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ لِكُلِّ واحِدٍ مِنهُمْ. وَتَكُونَ الفِدْيَةُ بِحَسَبِ الوَزنِ الرَّسمِيِّ لِلمِثْقالِ: المِثْقالُ بِعِشرِينَ قِيراطاً.

48 A nd you shall give the ransom silver from the excess number to be redeemed to Aaron and his sons.

وَأعْطِ المالَ لِهارُونَ وَبَنِيهِ لِفِداءِ المِئَتَينِ وَالثَّلاثَ وَالسَّبعِينَ.»

49 S o Moses took the redemption money from those who were left over from the number who were redeemed by the Levites.

فَأخَذَ مُوسَى المالَ لِفِداءِ الَّذِينَ زادَ عَدَدُهُمْ عَنْ عَدَدِ اللّاوِيِّينَ.

50 F rom the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, 1, 365 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

أخَذَ مُوسَى المالَ مِنْ أبْكارِ بَني إسْرائِيلَ. فَكانَ ألْفاً وَثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ مِثْقالاً بِحَسَبِ الوَزنِ الرَّسمِيِّ.

51 A nd Moses gave the money from those who were ransomed to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord commanded Moses.

فَأعطَى مُوسَى، بِأمرِ اللهِ ، مالَ الفِداءِ لِهارُونَ وَأبْنائِهِ وَفْقاً لِكَلِمَةِ اللهِ.