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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses and to▵ Aaron , saying,
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Take··up the sum of the sons of Kohath from among▵ the sons of Levi , as··to their families , as··to the house of their fathers ,
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from a son of thirty years and upward and until a son of fifty years, all that come into◦ the army , to do the work ▵* in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, about the holy of holies ;
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and when the camp journeys , Aaron shall come , and his sons, and they shall take··down the sheltering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it;
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and they shall put ◦ on it the covering of badger skin , and shall spread from above it a garment all of blue , and shall set its poles.
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And upon the table of bread of faces they shall spread a garment of blue , and put ◦ on it the platters, and the dishes*, and the little··brooms, and saucers of the poured··offering; and the continual bread shall be on it.
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And they shall spread over them a garment of scarlet twice-dyed, and cover it with a covering of badger skin , and shall set its poles.
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And they shall take a garment of blue , and cover the lampstand of the light , and its lamps , and its tongs , and its trowels, and all its oil vessels , with which they minister to it;
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and they shall put ◦ it and all its vessels into▵ a covering of badger skin ; and they shall put ◦ it on the brace.
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And upon the gold altar they shall spread a garment of blue , and cover it with a covering of badger skin , and shall set its poles;
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and they shall take all the instruments of the ministry , with which they minister in the sanctuary , and put ◦ them onto▵ a garment of blue , and cover them with a covering of badger skin , and shall put ◦ them on the brace;
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and they shall take··away··the··ashes from the altar , and spread a crimson garment on it;
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and they shall put ◦ upon it all its vessels , with which they minister upon it, the pincers◦, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badger skin , and set its poles.
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And when Aaron and his sons have completed covering the sanctuary , and all the vessels of the sanctuary , the camp shall journey ; and after thus◦, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it; and they shall not touch what is holy , lest they die . These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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And the oversight of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense , and the continual gift··offering , and the oil of anointing, the oversight of all the Habitation, and of all that is in it, in the holy place, and in its vessels .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses and to▵ Aaron , saying,
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Cut· ye not ·off the tribe◦ of the families of the Kohathites from the midst the Levites;
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but this do for them, and they shall live, and not die : when they approach, to▵ the holy of holies , Aaron and his sons shall go ··in, and set them each··man ◦, each··man ◦ on his service and to▵ his burden ;
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but they shall not go ··in to see when◦ the holy things are covered··up*, lest they die .
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And Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses , saying,
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Take··up the sum of the sons of Gershon, them◦ also as··to the houses of their fathers , as··to their families ;
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from a son of thirty years and upward until a son of fifty years shalt thou number◦ them; all that come ··in to be··an··army as the army , to serve the service in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve , and to carry.
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and they shall carry the curtains of the Habitation , and the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, its covering , and the covering of the badger skin that is upon it from above, and the sheltering of the entrance of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦,
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and the hangings◦ of the court , and the sheltering of the entrance of the gate of the court , which is by◦ the Habitation and by◦ the altar all around, and their cords◦, and all the instruments of their service , and all that is made for them; and they shall serve .
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By◦ the mouth of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, as··to all their burdens ◦, and as··to all their service ; and you shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens ◦.
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This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦; and their charge shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number◦ them to their families , to the house of their fathers ;
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from a son thirty years and upward and until a son of fifty years shalt thou number◦ them, all who come into the army , to serve the service of the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦.
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And this is the charge of their burden , as··to all their service in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦: the planks of the Habitation , and its bars , and its pillars , and its bases◦,
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and the pillars of the court all around, and their bases◦, and their pegs , and their cords◦, for all their vessels , and for all their service ; and by name you shall appoint the vessels of the charge of their burden .
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This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as··to all their service , in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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And Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the congregation numbered◦ the sons of the Kohathites as··to their families , and as··to the house of their fathers ,
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from a son of thirty years and upward, and even··to a son of fifty years, all who come into◦ the army , for the service in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦;
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and those who were numbered◦ of them as··to their families were two··thousand seven hundred and fifty .
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These are they who were numbered◦ from the families of the Kohathites, all who serve in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, whom Moses and Aaron did number◦ by◦ the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses .
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And those who were numbered◦ of the sons of Gershon, as··to their families , and as··to the house of their fathers ,
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from a son of thirty years and upward and until a son of fifty years, all who come into◦ the army , for the service in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦,
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and those who were numbered◦ of them, as··to their families , as··to the house of their fathers , were two··thousand and six hundred and thirty .
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These are they who were numbered◦ from the families of the sons of Gershon, all who serve in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦, whom Moses and Aaron did number◦ by◦ the mouth of Jehovah .
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And those who were numbered◦ of the families of the sons of Merari, as··to their families , as··to the house of their fathers ,
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from a son of thirty years and upward and until a son of fifty years, all who come into◦ the army , for the service in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦,
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and those who were numbered◦ of them as··to their families , were three thousand and two··hundred .
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These are they who were numbered◦ from the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered◦ by◦ the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses .
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All those numbered◦ of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel numbered◦, as··to their families , and as··to the house of their fathers ,
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from a son of thirty years and upward and to◦ a son of fifty years, all who came to serve the service of the service , and the service of the burden in the Tabernacle of the congregation ◦,
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and they who were numbered◦ of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty .
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By◦ the mouth of Jehovah , they were numbered◦ by the hand of Moses , each◦ man ◦ by◦ his service , and by◦ his burden ; and they were numbered◦ of him, as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses .