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The
Kohathites
4:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
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,
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.
4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the
tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
4:5 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:
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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:
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:
4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and
spread a purple cloth thereon:
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.
4:15 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.
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.
4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,
4:18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the
Kohathites from among the Levites:
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:
4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things
are covered, lest they die.
The Gershonites
4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
4:22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout
the houses of their fathers, by their families;
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.
4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
to serve, and for burdens:
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,
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.
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.
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.
The Merarites
4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number
them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
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.
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,
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.
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.
The Numbering of the
Levite Clans
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,
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:
4:36 And those that were numbered of them by their families
were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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.
4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon,
throughout their families, and by the house of their
fathers,
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,
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.
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.
4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of
their fathers,
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,
4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their
families, were three thousand and two hundred.
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.
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,
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.
4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight
thousand and five hundred and fourscore,
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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