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And the
Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
02 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from
among the sons of Levi, after their families, by
the house of their fathers,
03 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.
04 This shall be the service of the sons of
Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation,
about the most holy things:
05 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron
shall come, and his sons, and they shall take
down the covering vail, and cover the ark of
testimony with it:
06 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.
07 And upon the table of shewbread 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:
08 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.
09 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:
10 And they shall put it and all the
vessels thereof within a covering of badgers'
skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
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:
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:
13 And they shall take away the ashes from
the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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 basons, all the vessels of the
altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering
of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an
end of covering the sanctuary, and all the
vessels of 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.
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.
17 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron saying,
18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families
of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
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:
20 But they shall not go in to see when the
holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
22 Take also the sum of the sons of
Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers,
by their families;
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.
24 This is the service of the families of
the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
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,
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.
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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.
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.
29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt
number them after their families, by the house of
their fathers;
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.
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,
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.
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.
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,
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:
36 And those that were numbered of them by
their families were two thousand seven hundred
and fifty.
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.
38 And those that were numbered of the sons
of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the
house of their fathers,
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,
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.
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.
42 And those that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Merari, throughout their
families, by the house of their fathers,
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,
44 Even those that were numbered of them
after their families, were three thousand and two
hundred.
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.
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,
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.
48 Even those that were numbered of them,
were eight thousand and five hundred and
fourscore,
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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