Israel

Moshe counted, as ADONAI had ordered him, all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el.

"Take the L'vi'im in place of all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el, and the cattle of the L'vi'im in place of their cattle; the L'vi'im are to belong to me, ADONAI.

Since there were 273 more firstborn males from Isra'el than male L'vi'im, in order to redeem them,

the amount of money he took from the firstborn of the people of Isra'el was 1,365 shekels, using the sanctuary shekel.

"Order the people of Isra'el to expel from the camp everyone with tzara'at, everyone with a discharge and whoever is unclean because of touching a corpse.

The people of Isra'el did this and put them outside the camp - the people of Isra'el did what ADONAI had said to Moshe.

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'When a man or woman commits any kind of sin against another person and thus breaks faith with ADONAI, he incurs guilt.

"'Every contribution which the people of Isra'el consecrate and present to the cohen will belong to him.

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'If a man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him;

"Tell the people of Isra'el, 'When either a man or a woman makes a special kind of vow, the vow of a nazir, consecrating himself to ADONAI;

"Speak to Aharon and his sons, and tell them that this is how you are to bless the people of Isra'el: you are to say to them,

"In this way they are to put my name on the people of Isra'el, so that I will bless them."

"Take the L'vi'im from among the people of Isra'el and cleanse them.

You are to present the L'vi'im in front of the tent of meeting, and assemble the entire community of the people of Isra'el.

You will present the L'vi'im before ADONAI, the people of Isra'el will lay their hands on the L'vi'im,

and Aharon will offer the L'vi'im before ADONAI as a wave offering from the people of Isra'el, so that they may do ADONAI's service.

In this way you will separate the L'vi'im from the people of Isra'el, and the L'vi'im will belong to me.

because they are entirely given to me from among the people of Isra'el; I have taken them for myself in place of all those who come first out of the womb, that is, the firstborn males of the people of Isra'el.

For all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el are mine, both humans and animals; on the day I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set them apart for myself.

But I have taken the L'vi'im in place of all the firstborn among the people of Isra'el,

and I have given the L'vi'im to Aharon and his sons from among the people of Isra'el to do the service of the people of Isra'el in the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Isra'el, so that no plague will fall on the people of Isra'el in consequence of their coming too close to the sanctuary."

This is what Moshe, Aharon and all the community of the people of Isra'el did to the L'vi'im. The people of Isra'el acted in accordance with everything that ADONAI had ordered Moshe in regard to the L'vi'im.

"Let the people of Isra'el observe Pesach at its designated time.

Moshe told the people of Isra'el to observe Pesach.

So they observed Pesach at dusk on the fourteenth day of the month in the Sinai Desert; the people of Isra'el acted in accordance with all that ADONAI had ordered Moshe.