| Chapter
4 |
| 1 | And the
LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, |
| 2 | Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of
Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, |
| 3 | 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. |
| 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: |
| 6 | 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: |
| 10 | 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: |
| 12 | 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: |
| 14 | 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. |
|
15 | 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. |
| 17 | And the LORD spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron saying, |
| 18
| 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: |
| 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
| Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of
their fathers, by their families; |
|
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: |
| 25 |
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. |
| 27 | 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, |
| 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. |
| 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: |
|
36 | And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty. |
|
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, |
|
39 | 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. |
| 42
| And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, |
| 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. |
| 46 | 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, |
| 49 | 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. |
