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Chapter 4 |
| 1 | And the LORD
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, |
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2 | Take the sum of the sons of
Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their
fathers, |
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| 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. |
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4 | This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in
the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: |
| 5 | And
when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall
take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: |
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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. |
| 7 | 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: |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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: |
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And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. |
| 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: |
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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: |
| 13 | And they
shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth
thereon: |
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| 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. |
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And when 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 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. |
| 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. |
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17 | And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron
saying, |
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| Cut ye 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 unto the most holy things: Aaron
and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his
burden: |
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| 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,
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| 22 | Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their
fathers, by their families; |
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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. |
| 24 | This
is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for
burdens: |
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| 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, |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
| 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. |
| 29 | As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number
them after their families, by the house of their fathers; |
| 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. |
| 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, |
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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. |
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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. |
| 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, |
| 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:
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| 36 | And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand
seven hundred and fifty. |
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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. |
| 38 | And those that were numbered
of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their
fathers, |
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| 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, |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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42 | And those that were numbered of the
families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of
their fathers, |
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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, |
| 44 | Even those that were numbered
of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. |
| 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. |
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| 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, |
| 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. |
| 48 | Even
those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and
fourscore, |
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| 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. |
