04_NUM_04_01 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
04_NUM_04_02 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
04_NUM_04_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_NUM_04_04 This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things:
04_NUM_04_05 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_07 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:
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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:
04_NUM_04_10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon a bar.
04_NUM_04_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:
04_NUM_04_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:
04_NUM_04_13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering 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.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
04_NUM_04_18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
04_NUM_04_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:
04_NUM_04_20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
04_NUM_04_21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04_NUM_04_22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_24 This [is] the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_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:
04_NUM_04_36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
04_NUM_04_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.
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_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,
04_NUM_04_48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
04_NUM_04_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.