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1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
2Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers' households;
2“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
3from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years , every one that goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.
3from 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.
4And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of witness; it is most holy .
4“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things.
5And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and shall take down the shadowing veil , and shall cover with it the ark of the testimony.
5When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
6And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through [the rings].
6put a covering of sealskin on it, spread a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles.
7And they shall put on the table set forth for show -bread a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.
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.
8And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it.
8They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
9And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the vessels of oil with which they minister .
9“They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.
10And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and they shall put it on bearers.
10They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
11And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves.
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.
12And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue , and shall cover them with blue skin covering , and put them upon staves.
12“They shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
13And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it with a cloth all of purple .
13“They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.
14And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister upon it, and the fire -pans, and the flesh hooks, and the cups, and the cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue cover of skin, and put it on bars.
14They shall put on it all its vessels with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the meat 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.
15And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of Caath shall go in to take up [the furniture]; but shall not touch the holy things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle of witness.
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. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
16Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer—the oil of the light, and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offeringand the anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.
16“The duty 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 requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.”
17And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
17Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
18You⌃ shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the midst of the Levites.
18“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
19This do you⌃ to them, and they shall liveand not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place them each in his post for bearing.
19but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden;
20And [so] they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy things, and die.
20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”
21And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
21Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
22Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the houses of their lineage, according to their families.
22“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;
23Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his business in the tabernacle of witness.
23you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
24This [is] the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and to bear.
24“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
25And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
25they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
26And all the curtains of the courtwhich were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.
26the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there.
27According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and you shall take account of them by name in all things borne by them.
27At 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 their duty to them in all their responsibilities.
28This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
28This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take you⌃ the number of them.
29“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;
30Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness.
30you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
31And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the capitals of the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the veil, and [there shall be] their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle.
31This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
32And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and [there shall be] their sockets, and [they shall bear] the pillars of the veil of the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords, and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take you⌃ their number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by them .
32the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name.
33This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
33This 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.”
34And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the sons of Caath according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage;
34Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,
35from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years , every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of witness.
35from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.
36And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand, seven hundred and fifty.
36Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
37This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
37These are those who were counted of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
38And the sons of Gedson were numbered according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage,
38Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,
39from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of witness.
39from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
40And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, [was] two thousand six hundred and thirty.
40even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
41This [is] the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
41These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh.
42And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;
42Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,
43from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.
43from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
44And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, [was] three thousand and two hundred.
44even those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.
45This [is] the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
45These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
46All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered, [namely], the Levites, according to their families and according to the houses of their lineage,
46All those who were counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ houses,
47from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every one that goes in to the service of the works, and the [charge of] the things that are carried in the tabernacle of witness.
47from 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,
48And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
48even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
49He reviewed them by the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses, appointing each man severally over their [respective] work, and over their burdens; and they were numbered, as the Lord commanded Moses.
49According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.