Numbers:4

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* And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , * Take the sum of the sons of Kehath from among the sons of Levi , after their families , by their divisions , * From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old , all that are fitted for the service , to do work at the tabernacle of the congregation . * This shall be the service of the sons of Kehath at the tabernacle of the congregation : The most holy things . * And Aaron shall come with his sons , when the camp setteth forward , and they shall take down the vail of the separation , and cover therewith the ark of the testimony ; * And they shall put over it a covering of badgers ’ skins , and they shall spread over all a cloth wholly of blue , and they shall put in its staves . * And over the table of the showbread shall they spread a cloth of blue , and put thereon the dishes , and the spoons , and the tubes , and the staves of the covering ; and the continual bread shall be thereon : * And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet , and cover the same with a covering of badgers ’ skins ; and they shall put in its staves . * And they shall take a cloth of blue , and cover the candlestick of the lighting , and its lamps , and its tongs , and its snuff –dishes , and all the oil –vessels thereof , wherewith they minister by it : * And they shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of badgers ’ skins , and they shall put it upon a barrow . * And over the golden altar shall they spread a cloth of blue , and cover it with a covering of badgers ’ skins ; and they shall put in its staves . * And they shall take all the vessels of the service , wherewith they minister in the sanctuary , and put them in a cloth of blue , and cover them with a covering of badgers ’ skins ; and they shall put them on a barrow . * And they shall take away the ashes from the altar , and spread over it a cloth of purple ; * And they shall put upon it all its vessels , wherewith they minister upon it , the fire –pans , the forks , and the shovels , and the basins , all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread over it a covering of badgers ’ skins , and put in its staves . * And when Aaron and his sons have thus made an end of covering the sanctuary , and all the vessels of the sanctuary , when the camp is to set forward : then shall , after that , the sons of Kehath come to carry it ; but they shall not touch any holy thing , lest they die ; these are the things which the sons of Kehath are to carry at the tabernacle of the congregation . * And under the supervision of Elazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the lighting , and the incense of spices , and the daily meat –offering , and the anointing –oil ; the supervision of all the tabernacle , and of all that is therein , over the sanctuary , and over its vessels . * And the Lord spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron , saying , * Do ye not cause the tribe of the families of the Kehathites to be cut off from among the Levites ; * 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 ; * That they may not go in to see when the holy things are covered , and die . * And the Lord spoke unto Moses , saying , * Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon , by their divisions , after their families ; * From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that are fitted for the service , to do work in the tabernacle of the congregation . * This shall be the service of the families of the Gershunites , to serve , and to carry : * They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle , and of the tent of the congregation , its covering , and the covering of the badgers ’ skins that is over it above , and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation , * 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 vessels of their service ; and all that is delivered to them shall they perform . * By the order of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershunites , in all their carrying , and in all their service : and ye shall designate unto them in charge all which they have to carry . * This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershunites at the tabernacle of the congregation ; their charge shall be under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest . * The sons of Merari , shalt thou number after their families , by their divisions ; * From thirty years old and upward , even until fifty years old , shalt thou number them , every one that is fitted for the service , to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation . * And this is what is confided to them to carry , regarding all their service at the tabernacle of the congregation : The boards of the tabernacle , and its bars , and its pillars , and its sockets , * And the pillars of the court round about , and their sockets , and their pins , and their cords , with all their instruments , and all which belongeth thereto ; and by name shall ye designate the vessels which are confided to them to carry . * This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari , regarding all their service , at the tabernacle of the congregation , under the supervision of Ithamar the son of Aaron , the priest . * And Moses with Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kehathites after their families , and after their divisions , * From thirty years old and upward , even until fifty years old , every one that was fitted for the service , for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation . * And those that were numbered of them after their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty . * These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kehathites , all that could do service at the tabernacle of the congregation , whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses . * And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon , after their families , and after their divisions , * From thirty years old and upward , even until fifty years old , every one that was fitted for the service , for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation , * Even those that were numbered of them , after their families , after their divisions , were two thousand and six hundred and thirty . * These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon , all that could do service at the tabernacle of the congregation , whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord . * And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , after their families , after their divisions , * From thirty years old and upward , even until fifty years old , every one that was fitted for the service , for the work at the tabernacle of the congregation . * Even those that were numbered of them after their families , were three thousand and two hundred . * These are those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari , whom Moses with Aaron numbered by the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses . * All those that were numbered of the Levites , whom Moses with Aaron and the chiefs of Israel numbered , after their families , and after their divisions , * From thirty years old and upward , even until fifty years old , every one that came to do the service of the ministry , and the service of the carrying at the tabernacle of the congregation , * Even those that were numbered of them , were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty . * By the order of the Lord through the hand of Moses , did he appoint them , every one to his proper service , and to his proper carrying : and they were numbered , as the Lord had commanded Moses .

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