1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census of
the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their
fathers’ houses, 3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years
old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the
most holy things. 5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and
his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark
of the Testimony with it, 6 and shall put a covering of sealskin on it,
and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.
7 On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it
the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and
the continual bread shall be on it. 8 They shall spread on them a scarlet
cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its
poles. 9 They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lampstand of the
light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil
vessels, with which they minister to it. 10 They shall put it and all its
vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
11 On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a
covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles. 12 They shall take all
the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put
them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall
put them on the frame. 13 They shall take away the ashes from the altar,
and spread a purple cloth on it. 14 They shall put on it all its vessels,
with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the
shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread
on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all
the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the
sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the
sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath
in the Tent of Meeting.
16 “The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for
the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing
oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the
sanctuary, and its furnishings.”
17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 “Don’t cut off the
tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 19 but
thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the
most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone
to his service and to his burden; 20 but they shall not go in to see the
sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”
21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 22 “Take a census of the sons of
Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families; 23 from thirty
years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all who
enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and
in bearing burdens: 25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle,
and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is
above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, 26 and
the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the
court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and
all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them.
Therein shall they serve. 27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons
shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden,
and in all their service; and you shall appoint to them in charge all
their burden. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the
Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 “As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by
their fathers’ houses; 30 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty
years old shall you number them, everyone who enters on the service, to do
the work of the Tent of Meeting. 31 This is the charge of their burden,
according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s
boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 32 and the pillars of the
court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all
their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall
appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the
service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their
service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.”
34 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons
of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, 35 from
thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered
into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting. 36 Those who were
numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
37 These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,
all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered
according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
38 Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by
their fathers’ houses, 39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty
years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of
Meeting, 40 even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by
their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty. 41 These are
those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who
served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the
commandment of Yahweh. 42 Those who were numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, 43 from
thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered
into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting, 44 even those who were
numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.
45 These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Yahweh
by Moses. 46 All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and
Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their
fathers’ houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years
old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of
bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting, 48 even those who were numbered of
them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty. 49 According to the
commandment of Yahweh they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to his
service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as
Yahweh commanded Moses.
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