Numbers 4

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1 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 Number the children of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, according to their families,
3 from thirty years and above to fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: [wearing] the Holy of Holies.
5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of the testimony;
6 and put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and over it a cloth all of blue [wool], and shall put in its poles;
7 and a table [loaves] they shall spread a cloth of blue [wool], and put thereon the dishes, plates, bowls and cups for libations, and the bread [of it] shall be upon him;
8 and upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in its poles;
9 And they shall take a cloth of blue [wool], and cover the candlestick of the light, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the vessels for oil with which they it,
10 and they shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and put on a stretcher;
eleven and the golden altar cloth of blue [wool], and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
12 And they shall take all the service, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue [wool], and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and put on a stretcher.
13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and they shall spread his purple cloth;
14 and put on it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it - pans, forks, shovels, and the bowls, all the vessels of the altar - and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
15 When, in the administration of the camp is Aaron and his sons covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, then the Kohathites come to carry; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These are [part of] the Tent of Meeting the sons of Kohath.
16 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, --poruchaetsya all the tabernacle and all that is in it, the sanctuary and its vessels.
17 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, saying:
18 not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,
19 but thus do unto them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: 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 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:
22 sum of the sons of Gershon according to their families, according to their families,
23 from thirty years and above to fifty years old, you shall number them all into the service, to do the work at the Tent of Meeting.
24 That service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
25 they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the veil door of the tabernacle congregation,
26 and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance to the courtyard, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, and all the things that belong to them; and all that is made for them, they have to work;
27 at the command of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all weights and work them, and charge them in charge all their burdens;
28 Now the birth service of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and this is what their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 Sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' number them,
thirty from thirty years and above to fifty years old, every one that the service, to do the work at the Tent of Meeting.
31 That's what they should be, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the pillars, and his sockets,
32 And the pillars of the court round about and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, and all things with them, and all them; names and count the things that they must wear;
33 This is the service delivery of the sons of Merari, for their service in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers,
35 from thirty years and above to fifty years old, all that enter into the service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation;
36 and those that were numbered by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty
37 it - numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD [given] by Moses.
38 And numbered the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers,
39 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, every service, for work in the tabernacle of the congregation;
40 and those that were numbered by their families, by their fathers, were two thousand six hundred and thirty
41 it - numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all serving at the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.
42 And numbered generations of the children of Merari by their families, by their fathers,
43 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, everyone to the service, for the work in the Tent of Meeting;
44 and those that were numbered by their families were three thousand two hundred:
45 it - numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD [given] by Moses.
46 And all the Levites were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel by their families and by their fathers,
47 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, everyone [to] [the service] to work and carrying the Tent of Meeting;
48 and those that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty
49 according to the commandment of the Lord through Moses, they were each in their work and wear, and numbered, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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