~Numbers 4:1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,saying,
~Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among thesons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
~Numbers 4:3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty yearsold, all that enter upon the service, to do the work in the tent ofmeeting.
~Numbers 4:4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent ofmeeting, [about] the most holy things:
~Numbers 4:5 when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, andhis sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and coverthe ark of the testimony with it,
~Numbers 4:6 and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shallspread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
~Numbers 4:7 And upon the table of showbread they shall spread acloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and thebowls and the cups wherewith to pour out; and the continual breadshall be thereon:
~Numbers 4:8 and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, andcover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the stavesthereof.
~Numbers 4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover thecandlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and itssnuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they ministerunto it:
~Numbers 4:10 and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof withina covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon the frame.
~Numbers 4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth ofblue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in thestaves thereof:
~Numbers 4:12 and they shall take all the vessels of ministry,wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth ofblue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put themon the frame.
~Numbers 4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, andspread a purple cloth thereon:
~Numbers 4:14 and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof,wherewith they minister about it, the firepans, the flesh-hooks, andthe shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shallspread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof.
~Numbers 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end ofcovering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as thecamp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bearit: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These thingsare the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.
~Numbers 4:16 And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priestshall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continualmeal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle,and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof.
~Numbers 4:17 And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,saying,
~Numbers 4:18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of theKohathites from among the Levites;
~Numbers 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 sonsshall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to hisburden;
~Numbers 4:20 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for amoment, lest they die.
~Numbers 4:21 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
~Numbers 4:22 Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by theirfathers' houses, by their families;
~Numbers 4:23 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years oldshalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, todo the work in the tent of meeting.
~Numbers 4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,in serving and in bearing burdens:
~Numbers 4:25 they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and thetent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that isabove upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
~Numbers 4:26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for thedoor of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by thealtar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of theirservice, and whatsoever shall be done with them: therein shall theyserve.
~Numbers 4:27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall beall the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, andin all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all theirburden.
~Numbers 4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of theGershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under thehand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
~Numbers 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them bytheir families, by their fathers' houses;
~Numbers 4:30 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty yearsold shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service,to do the work of the tent of meeting.
~Numbers 4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to alltheir service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, andthe bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,
~Numbers 4:32 and the pillars of the court round about, and theirsockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, andwith all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments ofthe charge of their burden.
~Numbers 4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons ofMerari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under thehand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
~Numbers 4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the princes of thecongregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families,and by their fathers' houses,
~Numbers 4:35 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty yearsold, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent ofmeeting:
~Numbers 4:36 and those that were numbered of them by theirfamilies were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
~Numbers 4:37 These are they that were numbered of the families ofthe Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Mosesand Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah byMoses.
~Numbers 4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons ofGershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses,
~Numbers 4:39 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty yearsold, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent ofmeeting,
~Numbers 4:40 even those that were numbered of them, by theirfamilies, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundredand thirty.
~Numbers 4:41 These are they that were numbered of the families ofthe sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whomMoses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment ofJehovah.
~Numbers 4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of thesons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,
~Numbers 4:43 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty yearsold, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent ofmeeting,
~Numbers 4:44 even those that were numbered of them by theirfamilies, were three thousand and two hundred.
~Numbers 4:45 These are they that were numbered of the families ofthe sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according tothe commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
~Numbers 4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whomMoses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by theirfamilies, and by their fathers' houses,
~Numbers 4:47 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty yearsold, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the workof bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
~Numbers 4:48 even those that were numbered of them, were eightthousand and five hundred and fourscore.
~Numbers 4:49 According to the commandment of Jehovah they werenumbered by Moses, every one according to his service, andaccording to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovahcommanded Moses
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