Numbers 4
4:1And the lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
4:2Take the total sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, according to their peoples, according to the houses of their patrimony!
4:3from twenty and five years and up unto fifty years, every one entering to officiate to do all the works in the tent of the testimony.
4:4And these are the works of the sons of Kohath in the tent of the testimony, a holy of the holies.
4:5And Aaron shall enter and his sons, whenever the camp should lift away. And they shall lower the veil, the one overshadowing, and they shall cover with it the ark of the testimony.
4:6And they shall place upon it a skin overcovering of blue. And they shall put upon it a garment entirely of blue from above. And they shall insert the bearing poles.
4:7And upon the table, the one being situated for the loaves, they shall put upon it a garment entirely of purple, and the saucers, and the incense pans, and the cups, and the libation bowls in which you offer a libation; and the continual bread loaves shall be upon it.
4:8And they shall put upon it a scarlet garment, and shall cover it with a covering made of a skin of blue. And they shall insert the bearing poles in it.
4:9And they shall take the cloak of blue, and they shall cover the lamp-stand, the one giving light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its oil funnels, and all the receptacles for its oil, as many things as they officiate with them.
4:10And they shall put it, and all the items for it, into a covering made of skin of blue. And they shall place it upon bearing poles.
4:11And upon the golden altar they shall place a garment of blue, and they shall cover it with a covering made of a skin of blue. And they shall insert the bearing poles of it.
4:12And they shall take all the items of the ministry, as many as they officiate with them in the holy places, and they shall put them into a garment of blue. And shall cover them with a covering made of a skin of blue. And they shall place them upon bearing poles.
4:13And they shall place the lid upon the altar, and they shall cover over it with a garment entirely of purple.
4:14And they shall place upon it all its items as many as to officiate with them, and the censers, and the meat hooks, and the bowls, and the lid, and all the items of the altar. And they shall put upon it a covering made of skin of blue. And they shall insert the bearing poles of it.
4:15And Aaron and his sons shall complete covering the holy things, and all the holy items in the lifting away the camp. And after these things the sons of Kohath shall enter to lift. And they shall not touch of the holy things, that they should not die. These things the sons of Kohath shall lift in the tent of the testimony,
4:16Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is overseer of the oil for the light, and the incense of the composition, and the sacrifice by day, and the oil for the anointing -- the overseeing entirely of the tent and as much as is in it in the holy place, and in all the works.
4:17And the lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
4:18Do not annihilate the tribe of the people of Kohath from out of the midst of the Levites.
4:19But do this to them, and they shall live, and in no way shall die, in their going forth to the holy of holies. Let Aaron and his sons enter! and they shall place themselves each in his office.
4:20And in no way shall they enter to see suddenly the holy place, for they shall die.
4:21And the lord spoke to Moses, saying,
4:22Take the sum of the sons of Gershon, and these according to the houses of their patrimony, according to their peoples,
4:23from five and twenty years and up unto fifty years -- you number them! every one entering to officiate, and to do his work in the tent of the testimony.
4:24This is the ministration of the people of Gershon, to officiate and to lift.
4:25And they shall lift the hide coverings of the tent, and the tent of the testimony, and its covering, and the overcovering of blue -- the one being upon it from above, and the overcovering of the door of the tent of the testimony.
4:26And the shrouds of the courtyard, and the overcovering of the door of the courtyard, as many as are upon the tent, and upon the altar, and their extras, and all the items of their ministries. And as many as they officiate with them they shall prepare.
4:27By the mouth of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministration of the sons of Gershon, according to all their ministrations, and according to all their works. And you shall number them by names, and all the works by them.
4:28This is the ministration of the sons of Gershon in the tent of the testimony, and their watch by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:29The sons of Merari according to their peoples, according to the houses of their patrimony, you number them!
4:30From five and twenty years and up unto fifty years number them! every one entering to officiate the works of the tent of the testimony.
4:31And these are the injunctions for the things lifted by them, according to all their works in the tent of the testimony -- the tips of the tent, and its bars, and its posts, and its bases,
4:32and the posts of the courtyard round about, and their bases, and the posts for the veil of the gate of the courtyard, and their bases, and their stanchions, and their ropes, and all their items, and all the things of their ministrations; you shall number them by names, and all the items of the watch of the things being lifted by them.
4:33This is the ministration of the people of the sons of Merari, in all their works, in the tent of the testimony, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:34And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel numbered the sons of Kohath, according to their peoples, according to the houses of their patrimony,
4:35from five and twenty years and up unto fifty years, every one entering to officiate and to do the works in the tent of the testimony.
4:36And their numbering was according to their peoples -- two thousand seven hundred fifty.
4:37This is the numbering of the people of Kohath, every one officiating in the tent of the testimony, as Moses and Aaron numbered by the voice of the lord by the hand of Moses.
4:38And the sons of Gershon were numbered according to their peoples, according to the houses of their patrimony,
4:39from five and twenty years and up unto fifty years; every one entering to officiate and to do the works in the tent of the testimony.
4:40And their numbering was according to their peoples, according to the house of their patrimony -- two thousand six hundred thirty.
4:41This is the numbering of the people of the sons of Gershon, every one officiating in the tent of the testimony, which Moses and Aaron numbered by the voice of the lord by the hand of Moses.
4:42And were numbered also the people of the sons of Merari according to their peoples, according to the houses of their patrimony,
4:43from five and twenty years and up unto fifty years, every one entering to officiate and to do for the works of the tent of the testimony.
4:44And their numbering was according to their peoples, according to the houses of their patrimony -- three thousand and two hundred.
4:45This is the numbering of the people of the sons of Merari which Moses and Aaron numbered by the voice of the lord by the hand of Moses.
4:46All the ones being numbered, whom Moses numbered, and Aaron, and the rulers of Israel of the Levites, according to their peoples, and according to the houses of their patrimony,
4:47from five and twenty years and up, unto fifty years; every one entering to the works of the works, and the works of the things being lifted in the tent of the testimony.
4:48And the ones being numbered were, eight thousand five hundred eighty.
4:49By the voice of the lord he numbered them, by the hand of Moses; man for man, over their works, and over what they lifted themselves. And they were numbered in which manner the lord gave orders to Moses.