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Numbers 4
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- And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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- Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons
of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
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- 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.
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- This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the
tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
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- 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:
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- 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.
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- And upon the table of shewbread 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:
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- 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.
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- 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:
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- And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within
a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
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- 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:
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- 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:
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- And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and
spread a purple cloth thereon:
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- 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 basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread
upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying,
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- Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the
Kohathites from among the Levites:
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- 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:
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- But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are
covered, lest they die.
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- And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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- Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the
houses of their fathers, by their families;
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- 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.
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- This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
to serve, and for burdens:
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- 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,
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after
their families, by the house of their fathers;
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- 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.
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- 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,
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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,
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- 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:
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- And those that were numbered of them by their families
were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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- 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
the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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- And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon,
throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
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- 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,
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- Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their
families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and
thirty.
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- 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
the LORD.
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- And those that were numbered of the families of the sons
of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
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- 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,
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- Even those that were numbered of them after their
families, were three thousand and two hundred.
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- These be those that were numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the
LORD by the hand of Moses.
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- 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,
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- 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.
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- Even those that were numbered of them, were eight
thousand and five hundred and fourscore,
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- According to the commandment of the LORD 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 the LORD commanded
Moses.
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