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

² 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,

³ 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^◦.

⁴ This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, about the holy of holies;

⁵ 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;

⁶ 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.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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;

¹⁰ and they shall put^◦ it and all its vessels into^▵ a covering of badger skin; and they shall put^◦ it on the brace.

¹¹ 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;

¹² 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;

¹³ and they shall take·​·away·​·the·​·ashes from the altar, and spread a crimson garment on it;

¹⁴ 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.

¹⁵ 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^◦.

¹⁶ 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.

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

¹⁸ Cut· ye not ·off the tribe^◦ of the families of the Kohathites from the midst the Levites;

¹⁹ 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;

²⁰ but they shall not go·​·in to see when^◦ the holy things are covered·​·up^*, lest they die.

²¹ And Jehovah spoke to^▵ Moses, saying,

²² Take·​·up the sum of the sons of Gershon, them^◦ also as·​·to the houses of their fathers, as·​·to their families;

²³ 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^◦.

²⁴ This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and to carry.

²⁵ 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^◦,

²⁶ 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.

²⁷ 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^◦.

²⁸ 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.

²⁹ As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number^◦ them to their families, to the house of their fathers;

³⁰ 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^◦.

³¹ 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^◦,

³² 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.

³³ 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.

³⁴ 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,

³⁵ 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^◦;

³⁶ and those who were numbered^◦ of them as·​·to their families were two·​·thousand seven hundred and fifty.

³⁷ 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.

³⁸ And those who were numbered^◦ of the sons of Gershon, as·​·to their families, and as·​·to the house of their fathers,

³⁹ 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^◦,

⁴⁰ 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.

⁴¹ 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.

⁴² And those who were numbered^◦ of the families of the sons of Merari, as·​·to their families, as·​·to the house of their fathers,

⁴³ 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^◦,

⁴⁴ and those who were numbered^◦ of them as·​·to their families, were three thousand and two·​·hundred.

⁴⁵ 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.

⁴⁶ 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,

⁴⁷ 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^◦,

⁴⁸ and they who were numbered^◦ of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and eighty.

⁴⁹ 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.