NU-4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NU-4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons
of Levi, after
their families, by the house of their fathers,
NU-4:3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years
old, all that
enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
NU-4:4 This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the
tabernacle of
the congregation, [about] the most holy things:
NU-4:5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and
his sons, and
they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of
testimony with
it:
NU-4:6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins,
and shall spread
over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
NU-4:7 And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a
cloth of blue, and
put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and
covers to cover
withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
NU-4:8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and
cover the same
with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves
thereof.
NU-4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the
candlestick of the
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and
all the oil
vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
NU-4:10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof
within a covering
of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon a bar.
NU-4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of
blue, and
cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the
staves
thereof:
NU-4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry,
wherewith they
minister in the sanctuary, and put [them] in a cloth of blue,
and cover them
with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [them] on a bar:
NU-4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and
spread a
purple cloth thereon:
NU-4:14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof,
wherewith they
minister about it, [even] the censers, the fleshhooks, and the
shovels, and
the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread
upon it a
covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
NU-4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of
covering the
sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons
of Kohath shall
come to bear [it]: but they shall not touch [any] holy thing,
lest they die.
These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the
tabernacle of the
congregation.
NU-4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest [pertaineth]
the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat
offering, and
the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle,
and of all that
therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
NU-4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
NU-4:18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the
Kohathites from among
the Levites:
NU-4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die,
when they
approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go
in, and
appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
NU-4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things
are covered,
lest they die.
NU-4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
NU-4:22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout
the houses of
their fathers, by their families;
NU-4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old
shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the
work in the
tabernacle of the congregation.
NU-4:24 This [is] the service of the families of the
Gershonites, to serve,
and for burdens:
NU-4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and
the
tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering
of the badgers'
skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle
of the congregation,
NU-4:26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the
door of the
gate of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar
round about,
and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and
all that is
made for them: so shall they serve.
NU-4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all
the service of
the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all
their service:
and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
NU-4:28 This [is] the service of the families of the sons of
Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge [shall be]
under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
NU-4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after
their
families, by the house of their fathers;
NU-4:30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old shalt thou
number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the
work of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
NU-4:31 And this [is] the charge of their burden, according to
all their
service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the
tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets
thereof,
NU-4:32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their
sockets, and
their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and
with all their
service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the
charge of their
burden.
NU-4:33 This [is] the service of the families of the sons of
Merari,
according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
NU-4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation
numbered the
sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house
of their
fathers,
NU-4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle
of the
congregation:
NU-4:36 And those that were numbered of them by their families
were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
NU-4:37 These [were] they that were numbered of the families of
the
Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of
the LORD by
the hand of Moses.
NU-4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon,
throughout their
families, and by the house of their fathers,
NU-4:39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle
of the
congregation,
NU-4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their
families, by
the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred
and thirty.
NU-4:41 These [are] they that were numbered of the families of
the sons of
Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of
the LORD.
NU-4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
NU-4:43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle
of the
congregation,
NU-4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their
families, were
three thousand and two hundred.
NU-4:45 These [be] those that were numbered of the families of
the sons of
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of
the LORD by the
hand of Moses.
NU-4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses
and Aaron and
the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after
the house of
their fathers,
NU-4:47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one
that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of
the burden in
the tabernacle of the congregation,
NU-4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight
thousand and five
hundred and fourscore.
NU-4:49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were
numbered by the
hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according
to his
burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
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