And upon the table of shewbreadtheyshallspread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to coverwithal: and the continualbreadshall be thereon:
And theyshalltake a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vesselsthereof, wherewiththeyministerunto it:
And theyshalltake all the instruments of ministry, wherewiththeyminister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and coverthemwith a covering of badgers’skins, and shall put them on a bar:
And theyshall put upon it all the vesselsthereof, wherewiththeyministerabout it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and theyshallspreadupon it a covering of badgers’skins, and put to the staves of it.
And whenAaron and his sonshavemade an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; afterthat, the sons of Kohathshallcome to bear it: but theyshall not touch any holything, lestthey die. Thesethings are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priestpertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweetincense, and the dailymeatoffering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all thattherein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vesselsthereof.
But thus do untothem, thatthey may live, and not die, whentheyapproachunto the mostholythings: Aaron and his sonsshall go in, and appointthemevery one to his service and to his burden:
Fromthirtyyears old and upwarduntilfiftyyears old shaltthounumberthem; all thatenter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
And theyshallbear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’skinsthat is aboveupon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
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 altarroundabout, and theircords, and all the instruments of theirservice, and all that is made for them: so shalltheyserve.
At the appointment of Aaron and his sonsshall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all theirburdens, and in all theirservice: and ye shallappointuntothem in charge all theirburdens.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and theirchargeshall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Fromthirtyyears old and upwardevenuntofiftyyears old shaltthounumberthem, every one thatenterethinto the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And this is the charge of theirburden, according to all theirservice in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the barsthereof, and the pillarsthereof, and socketsthereof,
And the pillars of the courtroundabout, and theirsockets, and theirpins, and theircords, with all theirinstruments, and with all theirservice: and by name ye shallreckon the instruments of the charge of theirburden.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all theirservice, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Theseweretheythatwerenumbered of the families of the Kohathites, all thatmight do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whichMoses and Aaron did numberaccording to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
These are theythatwerenumbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all thatmight do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whomMoses and Aaron did numberaccording to the commandment of the LORD.
These be thosethatwerenumbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whomMoses and Aaronnumberedaccording to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
All thosethatwerenumbered of the Levites, whomMoses and Aaron and the chief of Israelnumbered, aftertheirfamilies, and after the house of theirfathers,
Fromthirtyyears old and upwardevenuntofiftyyears old, every one thatcame to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
According to the commandment of the LORDtheywerenumbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thusweretheynumbered of him, as the LORDcommandedMoses.