9. And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.
10. And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest's office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
11. And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
12. And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn that breaketh open the womb among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine;
13. for every firstborn is mine. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast; mine shall they be: I am Jehovah.
14. And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15. Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16. And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, --as he had been commanded.
17. And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.
19. And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20. And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21. Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.