4:1 And Yehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron,
saying,
4:2 Take the sum of the children of Caath from the midst of the sons of
Levi, after their families, according to the houses of their fathers'
households;
4:3 from twenty-five years old and upward until fifty years, every one that
goes in to minister, to do all the works in the tabernacle of witness.
4:4 And these are the works of the sons of Caath in the tabernacle of
witness; it is most holy.
4:5 And Aaron and his sons shall go in, when the camp is about to move, and
shall take down the shadowing veil, and shall cover with it the ark of the
testimony.
4:6 And they shall put on it a cover, even a blue skin, and put on it above
a garment all of blue, and shall put the staves through [the rings].
4:7 And they shall put on the table set forth for shew-bred a cloth all of
purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with
which one offers drink-offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.
4:8 And they shall put upon it a scarlet cloth, and they shall cover it with
a blue covering of skin, and they shall put the staves into it.
4:9 And they shall take a blue covering, and cover the candlestick that
gives light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its funnels, and all the
vessels of oil with which they minister.
4:10 And they shall put it, and all its vessels, into a blue skin cover; and
they shall put it on bearers.
4:11 And they shall put a blue cloth for a cover on the golden altar, and
shall cover it with a blue skin cover, and put in its staves.
4:12 And they shall take all the instruments of service, with which they
minister in the sanctuary: and shall place them in a cloth of blue, and
shall cover them with blue skin covering, and put them upon staves.
4:13 And he shall put the covering on the altar, and they shall cover it
with a cloth all of purple.
4:14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels with which they minister
upon it, and the fire-pans, and the flesh-hooks, and the cups, and the
cover, and all the vessels of the altar; and they shall put on it a blue
cover of skins, and shall put in its staves; and they shall take a purple
cloth, and cover the laver and its foot, and they shall put it into a blue
cover of skin, and put it on bars.
4:15 And Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the holy things, and all
the holy vessels, when the camp begins to move; and afterwards the sons of
Caath shall go in to take up [the furniture]; but shall not touch the holy
things, lest they die: these shall the sons of Caath bear in the tabernacle
of witness.
4:16 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is overseer-- the oil of the light,
and the incense of composition, and the daily meat-offering and the
anointing oil, are his charge; even the oversight of the whole tabernacle,
and all things that are in it in the holy place, in all the works.
4:17 And Yehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
4:18 Ye shall not destroy the family of Caath from the tribe out of the
midst of the Levites.
4:19 This do ye to them, and they shall live and not die, when they approach
the holy of holies: Let Aaron and his sons advance, and they shall place
them each in his post for bearing.
4:20 And [so] they shall by no means go in to look suddenly upon the holy
things, and die.
4:21 And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
4:22 Take the sum of the children of Gedson, and these according to the
houses of their lineage, according to there families.
4:23 Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards
until the age of fifty, every one that goes in to minister, to do his
business in the tabernacle of witness.
4:24 This [is] the public service of the family of Gedson, to minister and
to bear.
4:25 And they shall bear the skins of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of
witness, and its veil, and the blue cover that was on it above, and the
cover of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
4:26 And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of
witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they
minister with they shall attend to.
4:27 According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry
of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and
thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them.
4:28 This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness,
and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:29 The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses
of their lineage, take ye the number of them.
4:30 Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards
until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the
tabernacle of witness.
4:31 And these are the charges of the things borne by them according to all
their works in the tabernacle of witness: they shall bear the chapiters of
the tabernacle, and the bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and the
veil, and [there shall be] their sockets, and their pillars, and the curtain
of the door of the tabernacle.
4:32 And they shall bear the pillars of the court round about, and [there
shall be] their sockets, and [they shall bear] the pillars of the veil of
the door of the court, and their sockets and their pins, and their cords,
and all their furniture, and all their instruments of service: take ye their
number by name, and all the articles of the charge of the things borne by
them.
4:33 This is the ministration of the family of the sons of Merari in all
their works in the tabernacle of witness, by the hand of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest.
4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel took the number of the
sons of Caath according to their families, according to the houses of their
lineage;
4:35 from five and twenty years old and upwards to the age of fifty years,
every one that goes in to minister and do service in the tabernacle of
witness.
4:36 And the numbering of them according to their families was two thousand,
seven hundred and fifty.
4:37 This is the numbering of the family of Caath, every one that ministers
in the tabernacle of witness, as Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word
of Yehovah, by the hand of Moses.
4:38 And the sons of Gedson were numbered according to their families,
according to the houses of their lineage,
4:39 from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every
one that goes in to minister and to do the services in the tabernacle of
witness.
4:40 And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the
houses of their lineage, [was] two thousand six hundred and thirty.
4:41 This [is] the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one
who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by
the word of Yehovah, by the hand of Moses.
4:42 And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to
their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;
4:43 from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every
one that goes in to minister in the services of the tabernacle of witness.
4:44 And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the
houses of their lineage, [was] three thousand and two hundred.
4:45 This [is] the numbering of the family of the sons of Merari, whom Moses
and Aaron numbered by the word of Yehovah, by the hand of Moses.
4:46 All that were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron and the rulers of Israel
numbered, [namely], the Levites, according to their families and according
to the houses of their lineage,
4:47 from five and twenty years old and upward till fifty years old, every
one that goes in to the service of the works, and the [charge of] the things
that are carried in the tabernacle of witness.
4:48 And they that were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and
eighty.
4:49 He reviewed them by the word of Yehovah by the hand of Moses,
appointing each man severally over their [respective] work, and over their
burdens; and they were numbered, as Yehovah commanded Moses. |
4:1 And Yehovah spake unto Moses and unto
Aaron, saying,
4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after
their families, by the house of their fathers,
4:3 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 congregation.
4:4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation, about the most holy things:
4:5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and
they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with
it:
4:6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread
over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
4:7 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 covers to cover
withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:
4:8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same
with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.
4:9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil
vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
4:10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of
badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
4:11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover
it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
4:12 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 badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
4:13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple
cloth thereon:
4:14 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 badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
4:15 And when Aaron 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 Kohath 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 Kohath
in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the
oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, 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.
4:17 And Yehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,
4:18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among
the Levites:
4:19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and
appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest
they die.
4:21 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
4:22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of
their fathers, by their families;
4:23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou
number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation.
4:24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and
for burdens:
4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle
of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins
that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation,
4:26 And 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
their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made
for them: so shall they serve.
4:27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of
the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service:
and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
4:28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the
tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families,
by the house of their fathers;
4:30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou
number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
4:31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service
in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the
bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
4:32 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.
4:33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to
all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons
of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their
fathers,
4:35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation:
4:36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two
thousand seven hundred and fifty.
4:37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites,
all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses
and Aaron did number according to the commandment of Yehovah by the hand of
Moses.
4:38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their
families, and by the house of their fathers,
4:39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
4:40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by
the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
4:41 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 congregation,
whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of Yehovah.
4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
4:43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three
thousand and two hundred.
4:45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari,
whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of Yehovah by the hand
of Moses.
4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and
the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of
their fathers,
4:47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one
that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden
in the tabernacle of the congregation.
4:48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five
hundred and fourscore,
4:49 According to the commandment of Yehovah they were numbered by the hand
of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden:
thus were they numbered of him, as Yehovah commanded Moses. |