Num 4
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And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families,
by their fathers` houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the
service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most
holy things:
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when the camp sets forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down
the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,
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and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all
of blue, and shall put in its staffs.
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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 the cups wherewith to pour out; and
the continual bread shall be thereon:
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and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering
of sealskin, and shall put in its staffs.
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And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its
lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith
they minister to it:
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and they shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and
shall put it upon the frame.
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And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering
of sealskin, and shall put in its staffs:
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and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary,
and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall
put them on the frame.
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And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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and they shall put upon it all its vessels, wherewith they minister about
it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels
of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the
staffs thereof.
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And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the
furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath
shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These
things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
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And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light,
and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the
charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture
thereof.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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Cut you not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
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but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most
holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service
and to his burden;
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but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers` houses, by their families;
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from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all
that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing
burdens:
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they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering,
and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of
the tent of meeting,
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and the hangings of the court, and the screen 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 whatever shall be done with them: therein shall
they serve.
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At 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
to them in charge all their burden.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of
meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
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As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers`
houses;
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, every
one that enters upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.
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And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent
of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars,
and its sockets,
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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 you shall
appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.
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This 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.
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And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites
by their families, and by their fathers` houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered upon
the service, for work in the tent of meeting:
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and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred
and fifty.
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These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did
serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment
of YHWH by Moses.
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And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their
fathers` houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered upon
the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
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even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers` houses,
were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
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These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that
did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment
of YHWH.
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And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families,
by their fathers` houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered upon
the service, for work in the tent of meeting,
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even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two
hundred.
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These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses
and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of YHWH by Moses.
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All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes
of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers` houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered in
to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
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even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
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According to the commandment of YHWH they were numbered by Moses, every one according
to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as YHWH
commanded Moses.