AND Yahuah spoke unto El-Mosheh and unto El-Aharon, saying,
Take the sum of the sons of Qohath from among the sons of Leviy, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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 assembly.
This shall be the service of the sons of Qohath in the Tabernacle of the assembly, about the most holy things:
And when the camp sets forward, Aharon shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down את the covering veil, and cover את the Ark of Testimony with it:
And shall put thereon the covering of antelope skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
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 את covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of antelope skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the menorah of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and את all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of antelope skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of antelope skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
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 antelope skins, and shall put them on a bar:
And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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 antelope skins, and put to the staves of it.
And when Aharon 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 Qohath 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 Qohath in the Tabernacle of the assembly.
And to the office of El`azar the son of Aharon the priest pertains the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily oblation, 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.
And Yahuah spoke unto El-Mosheh and unto El-Aharon, saying,
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Qohathiym from among the Leviyiym:
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aharon and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden:
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
And Yahuah spoke unto El-Mosheh, saying,
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the Tabernacle of the assembly.
This is the service of the families of the Gereshunniym, to serve, and for burdens:
And they shall bear the curtains of the Tabernacle, and the Tabernacle of the assembly, his covering, and the covering of the antelope skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the Tabernacle of the assembly,
And את 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 את their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and את all that is made for them: so shall they serve.
At the appointment of Aharon and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gereshunniym, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge את all their burdens.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the Tabernacle of the assembly: and their charge shall be under the hand of Iythamar the son of Aharon the priest.
As for the sons of Merariy, you shall number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shall you number them, everyone that enters into the service, to do the work of the Tabernacle of the assembly.
And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the Tabernacle of the assembly; the boards of the Tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
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.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merariy, according to all their service, in the Tabernacle of the assembly, under the hand of Iythamar the son of Aharon the priest.
And Mosheh and Aharon and the chief of the assembly numbered the sons of the Qohathiym after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, everyone that enters into the service, for the work in the Tabernacle of the assembly:
And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Qohathiym, all that might do service in the Tabernacle of the assembly, which Mosheh and Aharon did number according to the commandment of Yahuah by the hand of Mosheh.
And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, everyone that enters into the service, for the work in the Tabernacle of the assembly,
Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
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 assembly, whom Mosheh and Aharon did number according to the commandment of Yahuah.
And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merariy, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, everyone that entered into the service, for the work in the Tabernacle of the assembly,
Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merariy, whom Mosheh and Aharon numbered according to the Word of Yahuah by the hand of Mosheh.
All those that were numbered of the Leviyiym, whom Mosheh and Aharon and the chief of Yashar'el numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, everyone that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the Tabernacle of the assembly,
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.
According to the commandment of Yahuah they were numbered by the hand of Mosheh, everyone according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Yahuah commanded Mosheh.