Números 4

¹ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

² Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, and houses of their fathers,

³ FromThe Levites were counted at three times, first at a month old when they were consecrated to the Lord, next at 25 years old when they were appointed to serve in the tabernacle, and 30 years old to bear the burdens of the tabernacle.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 This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregatìon about the Holiest of all.

⁵ And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down theWhich divided the sanctuary from the holiest of holies.covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

⁶ And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put inThat is, put them on their shoulders to carry it: for the bars of the ark could never be removed.the staves thereof.

⁷ 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 coverMeaning, to cover the bread.withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

⁸ And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof.

⁹ Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candlesticke of light with his lampes and his snuffers, and his snuffedishes, and al the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it.

¹⁰ And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon aThe Hebrew word signifies an instrument made of two staves or bars.bar.

¹¹ And upon the goldenWhich was to burn incense, read (Exo_30:1).altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

¹² And they shall take all the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew silke, & couer the with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put them on the barres.

¹³ And they shall take away the ashes from theOf the burnt offering.altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

¹⁴ And shall put vpon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupie about it: the censers, the fleshhookes and the besomes, & the basens, euen al the instruments of the altar and they shal spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it.

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering theThat is, in folding up the things of the sanctuary, as the ark, etc.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 notBefore it is covered.touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

¹⁶ And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and theWhich was offered at morning and evening.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.

¹⁷ And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

¹⁸ Committing by your negligence that the holy things are not well wrapped, causing them to perish by touching it.Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

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 appointShowing what part every man shall bear.them every one to his service and to his burden:

²⁰ But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die.

²¹ And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

²² Take also ye summe of the sonnes of Gershon, euery one by the houses of their fathers throughout their families:

²³ From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all thatWhich were received into the company of those who ministered in the tabernacle of the congregation.enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

²⁴ This shall be the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue and to beare.

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 theWhich hung between the sanctuary and the court.door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

²⁶ And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court,Which compassed both the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar of burnt offering.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.

²⁷ At the commaundement of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of ye Gershonites bee done, in all their charges and in all their seruice, and ye shall appoynt them to keepe all their charges.

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 theUnder the charge and oversight.hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁹ Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers:

³⁰ From thirty yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou nomber the, all that enter into the assemblie, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

³¹ And this is their office and charge according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: the boardes of the Tabernacle witth the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets,

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 byYou shall take inventory of all the things, which you commit to their charge.name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

³³ This is the seruice of the families of the sonnes of Merari, according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

³⁴ Then Moses and Aaron and the princes of the Congregation nombred the sonnes of the Kohathites, by their families and by the houses of their fathers,

³⁵ From thirtie yeere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde, all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

³⁶ So the nombers of the throughout their families were two thousande, seuen hundreth and fiftie.

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 the LORD by theGod appointing Moses to be the minister and executor of it.hand of Moses.

³⁸ Also the nombers of the sonnes of Gershon throughout their families & houses of their fathers,

³⁹ From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.

⁴⁰ So the nombers of them by their families, and by the houses of their fathers were two thousand sixe hundreth and thirtie.

⁴¹ These [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all thatWhich were of eligible age to serve in it, that is between 30 and 50.might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

⁴² The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers,

⁴³ From thirtie yeere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yeere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

⁴⁴ So the nombers of them by their families were three thousand, and two hundreth.

⁴⁵ These are the summes of ye families of the sonnes of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred according to the commaundement of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

⁴⁶ So all the nombers of the Leuites, which Moses, and Aaron, and the princes of Israel nombred by their families and by the houses of their fathers,

⁴⁷ From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to doWhoever of the Levites that had any charge in the tabernacle.the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

⁴⁸ So the nombers of them were eight thousand, fiue hundreth and foure score.

⁴⁹ 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 commandedSo that Moses neither added, nor diminished from that which the Lord commanded him.Moses.