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1 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day when the word of the Lord came to Moses on Mount Sinai.
1 Y ESTAS son las generaciones de Aarón y de Moisés, desde que Jehová habló á Moisés en el monte de Sinaí.
1 Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the oldest, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Aarón: Nadab el primogénito, y Abiú, Eleazar, é Ithamar.
2 These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.
3 Estos son los nombres de los hijos de Aarón, sacerdotes ungidos; cuyas manos él hinchió para administrar el sacerdocio.
3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
4 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.
4 Mas Nadab y Abiú murieron delante de Jehová, cuando ofrecieron fuego extraño delante de Jehová, en el desierto de Sinaí: y no tuvieron hijos: y Eleazar é Ithamar ejercieron el sacerdocio delante de Aarón su padre.
4 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
6 Make the tribe of Levi come near, and put them before Aaron the priest, to be his helpers,
6 Haz llegar á la tribu de Leví, y hazla estar delante del sacerdote Aarón, para que le ministren;
6 “Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
7 In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;
7 Y desempeñen su cargo, y el cargo de toda la congregación delante del tabernáculo del testimonio, para servir en el ministerio del tabernáculo;
7 They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 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.
8 Y guarden todas las alhajas del tabernáculo del testimonio, y lo encargado [á ellos] de los hijos de Israel, y ministren en el servicio del tabernáculo.
8 They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; so that they may be his without question from among the children of Israel.
9 Y darás los Levitas á Aarón y á sus hijos: le son enteramente dados de entre los hijos de Israel.
9 You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
10 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.
10 Y constituirás á Aarón y á sus hijos, para que ejerzan su sacerdocio: y el extraño que se llegare, morirá.
10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
11 And the Lord said to Moses,
11 Y habló Jehová á Moisés, diciendo:
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
12 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;
12 Y he aquí yo he tomado los Levitas de entre los hijos de Israel en lugar de todos los primogénitos que abren la matriz entre los hijos de Israel; serán pues míos los Levitas:
12 “Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,
13 For all the first sons are mine; on the day when I put to death all the first sons in the land of Egypt, I took for myself every first male birth of man and beast. They are mine; I am the Lord.
13 Porque mío es todo primogénito; desde el día que yo maté todos los primogénitos en la tierra de Egipto, yo santifiqué á mí todos los primogénitos en Israel, así de hombres como de animales: míos serán: Yo Jehová.
13 for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh.”
14 And the Lord said to Moses in the waste land of Sinai,
14 Y Jehová habló á Moisés en el desierto de Sinaí, diciendo:
14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15 Let all the children of Levi be numbered by their families and their fathers' houses; let every male of a month old and over be numbered.
15 Cuenta los hijos de Leví por las casas de sus padres, por sus familias: contarás todos los varones de un mes arriba.
15 “Count the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families. You shall count every male from a month old and upward.”
16 So Moses did as the Lord said, numbering them as he had been ordered.
16 Y Moisés los contó conforme á la palabra de Jehová, como le fué mandado.
16 Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.
17 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
17 Y los hijos de Leví fueron estos por sus nombres: Gersón, y Coath, y Merari.
17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.
18 Y los nombres de los hijos de Gersón, por sus familias, estos: Libni, y Simei.
18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath, by their families: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel.
19 Y los hijos de Coath, por sus familias: Amram, é Izhar, y Hebrón, y Uzziel.
19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 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.
20 Y los hijos de Merari, por sus familias: Mahali, y Musi. Estas, las familias de Leví, por las casas de sus padres.
20 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
21 From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
21 De Gersón, la familia de Libni y la de Simei: estas son las familias de Gersón.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
22 Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.
22 Los contados de ellos conforme á la cuenta de todos los varones de un mes arriba, los contados de ellos, siete mil y quinientos.
22 Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23 The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.
23 Las familias de Gersón asentarán sus tiendas á espaldas del tabernáculo, al occidente;
23 The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
24 The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
24 Y el jefe de la casa del padre de los Gersonitas, Eliasaph hijo de Lael.
24 Eliasaph the son of Lael shall be the prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
25 In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,
25 A cargo de los hijos de Gersón, en el tabernáculo del testimonio, estará el tabernáculo, y la tienda, y su cubierta, y el pabellón de la puerta del tabernáculo del testimonio,
25 The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
26 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.
26 Y las cortinas del atrio, y el pabellón de la puerta del atrio, que está junto al tabernáculo y junto al altar alrededor; asimismo sus cuerdas para todo su servicio.
26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
27 From Kohath come the Amramites and the Izharites and the Hebronites and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.
27 Y de Coath, la familia Amramítica, y la familia Izeharítica, y la familia Hebronítica, y la familia Ozielítica: estas son las familias Coathitas.
27 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites.
28 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.
28 Por la cuenta de todos los varones de un mes arriba, eran ocho mil y seiscientos, que tenían la guarda del santuario.
28 According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
29 The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House.
29 Las familias de los hijos de Coath acamparán al lado del tabernáculo, al mediodía;
29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
30 Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.
30 Y el jefe de la casa del padre de las familias de Coath, Elisaphán hijo de Uzziel.
30 The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 In their care are the ark, and the table, and the lights, and the altars, and all the vessels used in the holy place, and the veil, and all they are used for.
31 Y á cargo de ellos estará el arca, y la mesa, y el candelero, y los altares, y los vasos del santuario con que ministran, y el velo, con todo su servicio.
31 Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
32 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.
32 Y el principal de los jefes de los Levitas será Eleazar, hijo de Aarón el sacerdote, prepósito de los que tienen la guarda del santuario.
32 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.
33 From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
33 De Merari, la familia Mahalítica, y la familia Musítica: estas son las familias de Merari.
33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
34 Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.
34 Y los contados de ellos conforme á la cuenta de todos los varones de un mes arriba, fueron seis mil y doscientos.
34 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.
35 The chief of the families of Merari was Zuriel, the son of Abihail: their tents are to be placed on the north side of the House.
35 Y el jefe de la casa del padre de las familias de Merari, Suriel hijo de Abihail: acamparán al lado del tabernáculo, al aquilón.
35 The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.
36 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,
36 Y á cargo de los hijos de Merari estará la custodia de las tablas del tabernáculo, y sus barras, y sus columnas, y sus basas, y todos sus enseres, con todo su servicio:
36 The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,
37 And the pillars of the open space round it, with their bases and nails and cords.
37 Y las columnas en derredor del atrio, y sus basas, y sus estacas, y sus cuerdas.
37 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
38 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.
38 Y los que acamparán delante del tabernáculo al oriente, delante del tabernáculo del testimonio al levante, serán Moisés, y Aarón y sus hijos, teniendo la guarda del santuario en lugar de los hijos de Israel: y el extraño que se acercare, morirá.
38 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, with Aaron and his sons, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary for the duty of the children of Israel. The outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
39 All the Levites numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord, all the males of one month old and over numbered in the order of their families, were twenty-two thousand.
39 Todos los contados de los Levitas, que Moisés y Aarón conforme á la palabra de Jehová contaron por sus familias, todos los varones de un mes arriba, fueron veinte y dos mil.
39 All who were counted of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 And the Lord said to Moses, Let all the first male children be numbered, and take the number of their names.
40 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Cuenta todos los primogénitos varones de los hijos de Israel de un mes arriba, y toma la cuenta de los nombres de ellos.
40 Yahweh said to Moses, “Count all the firstborn males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.
41 And give to me the Levites (I am the Lord) in place of the first sons of the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites in place of the first births among the cattle of the children of Israel.
41 Y tomarás los Levitas para mí, yo Jehová, en lugar de todos los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel: y los animales de los Levitas en lugar de todos los primogénitos de los animales de los hijos de Israel.
41 You shall take the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the livestock of the children of Israel.”
42 So Moses had all the first sons among the children of Israel numbered, as the Lord said to him.
42 Y contó Moisés, como Jehová le mandó, todos los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel.
42 Moses counted, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
43 Every first son from a month old and over was numbered by name, and the number came to twenty-two thousand, two hundred and seventy-three.
43 Y todos los primogénitos varones, conforme á la cuenta de los nombres, de un mes arriba, los contados de ellos fueron veinte y dos mil doscientos setenta y tres.
43 All the firstborn males according to the number of names from a month old and upward, of those who were counted of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
44 And the Lord said to Moses,
44 Y habló Jehová á Moisés, diciendo:
44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
45 Take the Levites in place of all the first sons of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites in place of their cattle; the Levites are to be mine; I am the Lord.
45 Toma los Levitas en lugar de todos los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel, y los animales de los Levitas en lugar de sus animales; y los Levitas serán míos: Yo Jehová.
45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock; and the Levites shall be mine. I am Yahweh.
46 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,
46 Y por los rescates de los doscientos y setenta y tres, que sobrepujan á los Levitas los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel,
46 For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel who exceed the number of the Levites,
47 Will be five shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
47 Tomarás cinco siclos por cabeza; conforme al siclo del santuario tomarás: el siclo tiene veinte óbolos:
47 you shall take five shekels apiece for each one; according to the shekel of the sanctuary you shall take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs);
48 And this money, the price of those over the number of the Levites, is to be given to Aaron and his sons.
48 Y darás á Aarón y á sus hijos el dinero por los rescates de los que de ellos sobran.
48 and you shall give the money, with which their remainder is redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons.”
49 So Moses took the money, the price of those whose place had not been taken by the Levites;
49 Tomó, pues, Moisés el dinero del rescate de los que resultaron de más de los redimidos por los Levitas:
49 Moses took the redemption money from those who exceeded the number of those who were redeemed by the Levites;
50 From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;
50 Y recibió de los primogénitos de los hijos de Israel en dinero, mil trescientos sesenta y cinco [siclos], conforme al siclo del santuario.
50 from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
51 And he gave the money to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord had said.
51 Y Moisés dió el dinero de los rescates á Aarón y á sus hijos, conforme al dicho de Jehová, según que Jehová había mandado á Moisés.
51 and Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and to his sons, according to Yahweh’s word, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abihail
The father of Zuriel, who was the leader of the families of the Merarites.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 3:35
Eliasaph
The son of Lael, named as the leader of the families of the Gershonites who camped on the west side of the tabernacle.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 3:24
Gershon
A son of Levi whose clan was charged with carrying the tabernacle's curtains and coverings.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:11; Numbers 3:25-26
Hebron
Kohath's third-listed son and the founder of the Hebronite clan of the Kohathite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18; Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:2
Izhar
Kohath's second-listed son and the father of Korah, Nepheg and Zichri, whose descendants were the Izharite clan.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:18; Exodus 6:21; Numbers 3:19
Lael
The father of Eliasaph, who was the leader of the families of the Gershonites.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 3:24
Libni
Gershon's first-listed son and the founder of the Libnite clan of the Gershonite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17
Mahli
Merari's first-listed son and the founder of the Mahlite clan of the Merarite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19
Merari
A son of Levi whose clan carried the tabernacle's frames, bars, pillars, and bases.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:11; Numbers 3:36-37
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Mushi
Merari's second-listed son and the founder of the Mushite clan of the Merarite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:19; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19
Shimei
Gershon's second-listed son and the founder of the Shimeite clan of the Gershonite Levites.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17
Zuriel
The son of Abihail, named as the leader of the families of the Merarites who camped on the north side of the tabernacle.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 3:35
Cross references (40)
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- 1 Exodus 6:20; Matthew 1:1; Genesis 10:1; Leviticus 25:1; Genesis 2:4
- 2 Exodus 6:23; Numbers 26:60; 1 Chronicles 24:1; Exodus 28:1; 1 Chronicles 6:3
- 3 Exodus 28:41; Leviticus 8:12; Leviticus 8:30; Leviticus 8:1–9; Exodus 40:13
- 4 Leviticus 10:1–2; Numbers 26:61
- 6 Exodus 32:26–29; Malachi 2:4; Numbers 8:6–26; Numbers 18:1–7; Numbers 1:49–53
- 7 Numbers 1:50; Numbers 8:11; Numbers 8:15; Numbers 31:30; 1 Chronicles 26:26
- 8 Numbers 4:15; Isaiah 52:11; Ezra 8:24–30; Numbers 4:28; Numbers 10:21
- 9 Numbers 8:19; Numbers 18:6–7; Ephesians 4:11; Ephesians 4:8
- 10 Numbers 1:51; Numbers 3:38; Romans 12:7; Numbers 18:7; 2 Chronicles 26:16–21
- 12 Numbers 18:6; Numbers 8:16; Numbers 3:41; Exodus 13:2; Numbers 3:45
- 13 Luke 2:23; Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 13:15; Leviticus 27:26
- 15 Numbers 26:62; Mark 10:14; 2 Timothy 3:15; Numbers 3:39–40; Numbers 3:22
- 16 Numbers 4:37; Numbers 3:39; Deuteronomy 21:5; Numbers 4:45; Numbers 4:41
- 17 Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16–19; Nehemiah 11:1–12; Joshua 21:1–45; Numbers 26:57–58
- 18 Exodus 6:17–19; 1 Chronicles 6:17; Nehemiah 12:1–26; Numbers 3:21; 1 Chronicles 25:4
- 19 Exodus 6:18; 1 Chronicles 6:18; 1 Chronicles 15:17–21; 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 15:5
- 20 Exodus 6:19; 1 Chronicles 6:19; 1 Chronicles 15:6; Numbers 3:33; 1 Chronicles 25:3
- 22 Numbers 4:38–40
- 23 Numbers 1:53; Numbers 2:17
- 25 Exodus 25:9; Exodus 26:36–37; Numbers 7:7; Exodus 36:37–38; Exodus 26:1–14
- 26 Exodus 35:18; Exodus 38:9–16; Exodus 27:9–16
- 27 1 Chronicles 26:23; 1 Chronicles 23:12; Numbers 3:19
- 28 Numbers 3:7; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:35–36
- 29 Numbers 1:53; Numbers 2:10; Numbers 3:23
- 31 Exodus 30:1–10; Numbers 4:4–16; Exodus 39:33–42; Exodus 25:10–40; Exodus 40:30
- 32 1 Chronicles 9:14–20; Numbers 4:27; Numbers 4:16; Numbers 20:25–28; 1 Chronicles 26:20–24
- 33 1 Chronicles 23:21; Numbers 3:20; 1 Chronicles 6:19
- 34 Numbers 2:9; Numbers 2:11; Numbers 1:21
- 35 Numbers 1:53; Numbers 2:25; Numbers 3:28–29
- 36 Exodus 26:37; Exodus 26:15–29; Exodus 26:32; Numbers 7:8; Exodus 38:17–20
- 38 Numbers 1:53; Numbers 3:10; Numbers 2:3; Numbers 3:23; Numbers 18:1–5
- 39 Numbers 26:62; Matthew 7:14; Numbers 4:47–48
- 40 Numbers 3:15; Isaiah 4:3; Revelation 14:4; Hebrews 12:23; Numbers 3:12
- 41 Numbers 3:12; Numbers 3:45; Numbers 18:15; Matthew 20:28; Exodus 32:26–29
- 43 Numbers 3:39
- 45 Numbers 3:12; Numbers 3:40–41
- 46 Exodus 13:13; Numbers 18:15–16
- 47 Leviticus 27:6; Exodus 30:13; Numbers 18:16; Leviticus 27:25; Ezekiel 45:12
- 50 Numbers 3:46–47; Matthew 20:28; 1 Peter 1:18; 1 Timothy 2:5–6; Titus 2:14
- 51 Numbers 3:48; Numbers 16:15; 1 Samuel 12:3–4; Malachi 4:4; 1 Peter 5:2
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