¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

² Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,

³ from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

⁴ This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.

⁵ And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it;

⁶ and shall put thereon a covering of badgers' skin, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put its staves [to it].

⁷ And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue; and put thereon the dishes, and the cups, and the bowls, and goblets of the drink-offering; and the continual bread shall be thereon.

⁸ And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves [to it].

⁹ And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;

¹⁰ and they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put it upon a pole.

¹¹ And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves [to it].

¹² And they shall take all the instruments of service, wherewith they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put them upon a pole.

¹³ And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon;

¹⁴ and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they perform service about it: the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the bowls, -- all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skin, and put its staves [to it].

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp setteth forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting.

¹⁶ And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil, -- the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.

¹⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

¹⁸ Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,

¹⁹ but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near 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 and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.

²¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

²² Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.

²³ From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.

²⁴ This shall be the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving, and in carrying:

²⁵ they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skin that is above upon it, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting,

²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance, of the gate of the court, which surroundeth the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof, and all the instruments of their service; and all that is to be done for these things shall they perform.

²⁷ At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their carrying, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their carrying.

²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁹ The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;

³⁰ from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.

³¹ And this shall be the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and bases thereof,

³² and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords, all their instruments, according to all their service; and by name ye shall number to them the materials which are their charge to carry.

³³ This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

³⁴ And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the assembly numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and according to their fathers' houses,

³⁵ from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting.

³⁶ And those that were numbered of them according to their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

³⁷ These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, every one that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

³⁸ And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, after their families, and according to their fathers' houses,

³⁹ from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,

⁴⁰ even those that were numbered of them, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

⁴¹ These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.

⁴² And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,

⁴³ from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,

⁴⁴ even those that were numbered of them according to their families, were three thousand two hundred.

⁴⁵ These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.

⁴⁶ All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, after their families and according to their fathers' houses,

⁴⁷ from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to serve [in] the work of the service, and [in] the work of carrying, in the tent of meeting,

⁴⁸ even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

⁴⁹ According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one for his service, and for his burden, and numbered by him, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after their departure from the land of Egypt, saying,

² Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, every male, according to their polls;

³ from twenty years and upward, all that go forth to military service in Israel: ye shall number them according to their hosts, thou and Aaron.

⁴ And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.

⁵ And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: for Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;

⁶ for Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;

⁷ for Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab;

⁸ for Issachar, Nethaneel the son of Zuar;

⁹ for Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon;

¹⁰ for the children of Joseph: for Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; for Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;

¹¹ for Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni;

¹² for Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;

¹³ for Asher, Pagiel the son of Ocran;

¹⁴ for Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;

¹⁵ for Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.

¹⁶ These were those summoned of the assembly, princes of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the thousands of Israel.

¹⁷ And Moses and Aaron took these men who are expressed by their names,

¹⁸ and gathered the whole assembly together on the first of the second month. And they declared their pedigrees after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, according to their polls.

¹⁹ As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

²⁰ And the sons of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²¹ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.

²² Of the sons of Simeon: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, those that were numbered of them, by the number of the names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²³ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

²⁴ Of the sons of Gad: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁵ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

²⁶ Of the sons of Judah: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁷ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

²⁸ Of the sons of Issachar: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

²⁹ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

³⁰ Of the sons of Zebulun: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³¹ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

³² Of the sons of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³³ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.

³⁴ Of the children of Manasseh: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁵ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

³⁶ Of the sons of Benjamin: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁷ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

³⁸ Of the sons of Dan: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

³⁹ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

⁴⁰ Of the sons of Asher: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

⁴¹ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.

⁴² Of the sons of Naphtali: their generations, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service:

⁴³ those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

⁴⁴ These are those that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, the twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers.

⁴⁵ And all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, according to their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that went forth to military service in Israel,

⁴⁶ all they that were numbered were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty.

⁴⁷ But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

⁴⁸ For Jehovah had spoken to Moses, saying,

⁴⁹ Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.

⁵⁰ But thou, appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all its vessels; and they shall serve it, and round about the tabernacle shall they encamp;

⁵¹ and when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encampeth, the Levites shall set it up; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.

⁵² And the children of Israel shall encamp every man in his camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts;

⁵³ but the Levites shall encamp round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there come not wrath upon the assembly of the children of Israel; and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

⁵⁴ And the children of Israel did so; according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses, so did they.