Numbers 4

Duties of the Kohathites

4AND THE Lord said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H5592Take a census of the Kohathite division among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,H5375H7218H1121H6955H8432H1121H3878H4940H1004H13From thirty years old and up to fifty years old, all who can enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H935H6635H6213H4399H168H41504This shall be the responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting: the most holy things.H5656H1121H6955H168H4150H6944H69445When the camp prepares to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall take down the veil [screening the Holy of Holies] and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,H4264H5265H175H935H1121H3381H4539H6532H3680H727H57156And shall put on it the covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin, and shall spread over that a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in place the poles of the ark.H5414H3681H8476H5785H6566H4605H899H3632H8504H7760H9057And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, the flagons for the drink offering, and also the continual showbread.H7979H6440H6566H899H8504H5414H7086H3709H4518H7184H5262H8548H38998And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and put over that a covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin, and put in place the poles [for carrying].H6566H899H8438H8144H3680H4372H8476H5785H7760H9059And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light and its lamps, its snuffers, its ashtrays, and all the oil vessels from which it is supplied.H3947H899H8504H3680H4501H3974H5216H4457H4289H8081H3627H833410And they shall put the lampstand and all its utensils within a covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin and shall put it upon the frame [for carrying].H5414H3627H4372H8476H5785H5414H413211And upon the golden [incense] altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin, and shall put in place its poles [for carrying].H2091H4196H6566H899H8504H3680H4372H8476H5785H7760H90512And they shall take all the utensils of the service with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin, and shall put them on the frame [for carrying].H3947H3627H8335H8334H6944H5414H899H8504H3680H4372H8476H5785H5414H413213And they shall take away the ashes from the altar [of burnt offering] and spread a purple cloth over it.H1878H4196H6566H713H89914And they shall put upon it all its vessels {and} utensils with which they minister there, the firepans, the fleshhooks {or} forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the vessels {and} utensils of the altar, and they shall spread over it all a covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin, and shall put in its poles [for carrying].H5414H3627H8334H4289H4207H3257H4219H3627H4196H6566H3681H8476H5785H7760H90515When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all its furniture, as the camp sets out, after all that [is done but not before], the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them. But they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the Tent of Meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.H175H1121H3615H3680H6944H3627H6944H4264H5265H310H1121H6955H935H5375H5060H6944H4191H4853H1121H6955H168H415016And Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual cereal offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its utensils.H6486H499H1121H175H3548H8081H3974H5561H7004H8548H4503H4888H8081H6486H4908H6944H362717And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,H3068H1696H4872H175H55918[Since] the tribe of the families of the Kohathites [are only Levites and not priests], do not [by exposing them to the sin of touching the most holy things] cut them off from among the Levites.H3772H7626H4940H6956H8432H388119But deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his work and to his burden [to be carried on the march].H6213H2421H4191H5066H6944H6944H175H1121H935H7760H376H376H5656H485320But [the Kohathites] shall not go in to see the sanctuary [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] {or} its holy things, even for an instant, lest they die.H935H7200H6944H1104H4191

Duties of the Gershonites

21And the Lord said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H55922Take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' houses, by their families.H5375H7218H1121H1648H1004H1H494023From thirty years old and up to fifty years old you shall number them, all who enter for service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H6485H935H6633H6635H5647H5656H168H415024This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens [when on the march]:H5656H4940H1649H5647H485325And they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of dolphin {or} porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the hanging {or} screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,H5375H3407H4908H168H4150H4372H4372H8476H4605H4539H6607H168H415026And the hangings of the court, and the hanging {or} screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar [of burnt offering], and their cords, and all the equipment for their service; whatever needs to be done with them, that they shall do.H7050H2691H4539H6607H8179H2691H4908H4196H5439H4340H3627H5656H6213H564727Under the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all they have to carry and in all they have to do; and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry [on the march].H6310H175H1121H5656H1121H1649H4853H5656H6485H4931H485328This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting; and their work shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest.H5656H4940H1121H1649H168H4150H4931H3027H385H1121H175H3548

Duties of the Merarites

29As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and their fathers' houses;H1121H4847H6485H4940H1004H130From thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H6485H935H6635H5647H5656H168H415031And this is what they are assigned to carry {and} to guard [on the march], according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the boards {or} frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets {or} bases,H4931H4853H5656H168H4150H7175H4908H1280H5982H13432And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets {or} bases, and pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories for service; and you shall assign to them by name the articles which they are to carry [on the march].H5982H2691H5439H134H3489H4340H3627H5656H8034H6485H3627H4931H485333This is the work of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their tasks in the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest.H5656H4940H1121H4847H5656H168H4150H3027H385H1121H175H354834And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and their fathers' houses,H4872H175H5387H5712H6485H1121H6956H4940H1004H135From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting;H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H935H6635H5656H168H415036And those who were numbered of them by their families were 2,750.H6485H4940H505H7651H3967H257237These were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who did service in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the command of the Lord through Moses.H6485H4940H6956H5647H168H4150H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H3027H487238And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,H6485H1121H1648H4940H1004H139From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting,H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H935H6635H5656H168H415040Those who were enrolled of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were 2,630.H6485H4940H1004H1H505H8337H3967H797041These were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered as the Lord commanded.H6485H4940H1121H1648H5647H168H4150H4872H175H6485H6310H306842And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,H6485H4940H1121H4847H4940H1004H143From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H935H6635H5656H168H415044Even those who were numbered of them by their families, were 3,200.H6485H4940H7969H505H396745These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the command of the Lord by Moses.H6485H4940H1121H4847H4872H175H6485H6310H3068H3027H487246All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted by their families and by their fathers' houses,H6485H3881H4872H175H5387H3478H6485H4940H1004H147From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and of burden bearing in the Tent of Meeting,H7970H8141H1121H4605H2572H8141H1121H935H5647H5656H5656H4853H168H415048Those that were numbered of them were 8,580.H6485H8083H505H2568H3967H808449According to the command of the Lord through Moses, they were assigned each to his work of serving and carrying. Thus they were numbered by him, as the Lord had commanded Moses.H6310H3068H6485H3027H4872H376H376H5656H4853H6485H3068H6680H4872