37 They were also responsible for the posts, bases, pegs, and ropes for the outer court.
38 Moses and Aaron and his sons were to camp in front of the Tent on the east. They were responsible for carrying out the services performed in the Holy Place for the people of Israel. Anyone else who tried to do so was to be put to death.
39 The total number of all the Levite males one month old or older that Moses enrolled by clans at the command of the Lord, was 22,000.
40-41 The Lord said to Moses, “All of Israel's first-born sons belong to me. So register by name every first-born male Israelite, one month old or older. But in place of them I claim all the Levites as mine! I am the Lord! I also claim the livestock of the Levites in place of all the first-born of the livestock.”
42 Moses obeyed, and registered all the first-born males
43 one month old or older; the total was 22,273.
44 The Lord said to Moses,