Numbers 4

 

Numbers 4

 

1 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses) and to Light Bringer (Aaron), saying:

 

2 Take the sum of the sons of Assembly (Kohath) from among the sons of Joined To (Levi), after their families, by the house of their fathers,

 

3 From thirty years old to fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

4 This shall be the service of the sons of Assembly (Kohath) in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

 

5 When the camp sets forward, Light Bringer (Aaron), and his sons shall come and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

 

6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and put in the staves thereof.

 

7 On the table of shewbread, they shall spread a cloth of blue and put thereon the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and covers to cover withal: the continual bread shall be thereon:

 

8 They shall spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

 

9 They shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, its lamps, its tongs, and its snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister to it:

 

10 Then they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it on a bar.

 

11 On 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:

 

12 Then 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:

 

13 They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

 

14 They shall put on it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, the censers, the fleshhooks, the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

 

15 When Light Bringer (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 Assembly (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 Assembly (Kohath) in the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

16 The office of Eleazar the son of Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest responsibility is 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.

 

17 I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses) and to Light Bringer (Aaron) saying:

 

18 Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Assembly (Kohathites) from among the Joined To (Levites):

 

19 But this do to them, that they may live, and not die when they approach the most holy things: Light Bringer (Aaron) and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

 

20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

 

21 Then I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) spoke to Drawn (Moses), saying,

 

22 Take also the sum of the sons of Exile (Gershon), throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

 

23 From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

24 This is the service of the families of Exile the (Gershonites), to serve and carry:

 

25 They shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the congregation, its covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above on it, the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

 

26 The hangings of the court, 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.

 

27 At the appointment of Light Bringer (Aaron) and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Exile (Gershonites), in all their burdens, and in all their service: and you shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens.

 

28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Exile (Gershon) in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Coast of Palms (Ithamar) the son of Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest.

 

29 As for the sons of Bitter (Merari), you shall number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

 

30 From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old you shall number them, everyone that enters into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

31 This is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, the bars thereof, the pillars thereof, sockets thereof,

 

32 The pillars of the court round about, their sockets, their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: By name you shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

 

33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Bitter (Merari), according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Coast of Palms (Ithamar) the son of Light Bringer (Aaron) the priest.

 

34 Drawn (Moses), Light Bringer (Aaron), and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Assembly (Kohathites) after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

 

35 From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

 

36 Those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.

 

37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Assembly (Kohathites), all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) numbered according to the commandment of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) by the hand of Drawn (Moses).

 

38 Those that were numbered of the sons of Exile (Gershon), throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,

 

39 From thirty years old and up to fifty years old, everyone that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

 

40 Those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers were two thousand six hundred thirty.

 

41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Exile (Gershon), of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) numbered according to the commandment of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah).

 

42 Those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Bitter (Merari), throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

 

43 From thirty years old and up to fifty years old, everyone that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

 

44 Those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand two hundred.

 

45 These are those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Bitter (Merari), whom Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) numbered according to the word of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) by the hand of Drawn (Moses).

 

46 All those that were numbered of the Joined To (Levites), whom Drawn (Moses) and Light Bringer (Aaron) and the chief of God Prevails (Israel) numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

 

47 From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation.

 

48 Those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty,

 

49 According to the commandment of I AM (the LORD, Yehovah), they were numbered by the hand of Drawn (Moses), every one according to his service, and according to his burden: Thus, they were numbered of him, as I AM (the LORD, Yehovah) commanded Drawn (Moses).