ASV_Strong : Numbers 4
1. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],
2. Take[H5375] the sum[H7218] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] from among[H8432] the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878], by their families[H4940], by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004],
3. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even until fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121], all that enter[H935] upon the service[H6635], to do[H6213] the work[H4399] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
4. This is the service[H5656] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], about the most[H6944] holy things[H6944]:
5. when the camp[H4264] setteth forward[H5265], Aaron[H175] shall go in[H935], and his sons[H1121], and they shall take down[H3381] the veil[H6532] of the screen[H4539], and cover[H3680] the ark[H727] of the testimony with it[H5715],
6. and shall put[H5414] thereon a covering[H3681] of[H8476] sealskin[H5785], and shall spread[H6566] over[H4605] it a cloth[H899] all[H3632] of blue[H8504], and shall put[H7760] in the staves thereof[H905].
7. And upon the table[H7979] of showbread[H6440] they shall spread[H6566] a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and put[H5414] thereon the dishes[H7086], and the spoons[H3709], and the bowls[H4518] and the cups[H7184] wherewith[H5262] to pour out[H8548]; and the continual bread shall be thereon[H3899]:
8. and they shall spread[H6566] upon them a cloth[H899] of scarlet[H8438], and cover[H3680] the same with a covering[H4372] of[H8476] sealskin[H5785], and shall put[H7760] in the staves thereof[H905].
9. And they shall take[H3947] a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and cover[H3680] the candlestick[H4501] of the light[H3974], and its lamps[H5216], and its snuffers[H4457], and its snuffdishes[H4289], and all the oil[H8081] vessels[H3627] thereof[H8334], wherewith they minister unto it:
10. and they shall put[H5414] it and all the vessels[H3627] thereof within a covering[H4372] of[H8476] sealskin[H5785], and shall put[H5414] it upon the frame[H4132].
11. And upon the golden[H2091] altar[H4196] they shall spread[H6566] a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and cover[H3680] it with a covering[H4372] of[H8476] sealskin[H5785], and shall put[H7760] in the staves thereof[H905]:
12. and they shall take[H3947] all the vessels[H3627] of ministry[H8335], wherewith they minister[H8334] in the sanctuary[H6944], and put[H5414] them in a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and cover[H3680] them with a covering[H4372] of[H8476] sealskin[H5785], and shall put[H5414] them on the frame[H4132].
13. And they shall take away the ashes[H1878] from the altar[H4196], and spread[H6566] a purple[H713] cloth thereon[H899]:
14. and they shall put[H5414] upon it all the vessels[H3627] thereof[H8334], wherewith they minister about it[H4289], the firepans, the flesh-hooks[H4207], and the shovels[H3257], and the basins[H4219], all the vessels[H3627] of the altar[H4196]; and they shall spread[H6566] upon it a covering[H3681] of[H8476] sealskin[H5785], and put[H7760] in the staves thereof[H905].
15. And when Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121] have made an end[H3615] of covering[H3680] the sanctuary[H6944], and all the furniture[H3627] of the sanctuary[H6944], as the camp[H4264] is set forward[H5265]; after[H310] that[H1121], the sons of Kohath[H6955] shall come[H935] to bear[H5375] it[H5060]: but they shall not touch the sanctuary[H6944], lest they die[H4191]. These things are the burden[H4853] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
16. And the charge[H6486] of Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548] shall be the oil[H8081] for the light[H3974], and the sweet[H5561] incense[H7004], and the continual[H8548] meal-offering[H4503], and the anointing[H4888] oil[H8081], the charge[H6486] of all the tabernacle[H4908], and of all that therein is[H6944], the sanctuary, and the furniture thereof[H3627].
17. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],
18. Cut ye not off[H3772] the tribe[H7626] of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956] from among[H8432] the Levites[H3881];
19. but thus do[H6213] unto them[H2421], that they may live, and not die[H4191], when they approach[H5066] unto the most[H6944] holy things[H6944]: Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121] shall go in[H935], and appoint[H7760] them every[H376] one[H376] to his service[H5656] and to his burden[H4853];
20. but they shall not go in[H935] to see[H7200] the sanctuary[H6944] even for a moment[H1104], lest they die[H4191].
21. And Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
22. Take[H5375] the sum[H7218] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648] also[H1], by their fathers' houses[H1004], by their families[H4940];
23. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] until fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121] shalt thou number[H6485] them[H935]; all that enter in to wait[H6633] upon the service[H6635], to do[H5647] the work[H5656] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
24. This is the service[H5656] of the families[H4940] of the Gershonites[H1649], in serving[H5647] and in bearing burdens[H4853]:
25. they shall bear[H5375] the curtains[H3407] of the tabernacle[H4908], and the tent[H4908] of meeting[H4150], its covering[H4372], and the covering[H4372] of sealskin[H8476] that is above[H4605] upon it[H4539], and the screen for the door[H6607] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150],
26. and the hangings[H7050] of the court[H2691], and the screen[H4539] for the door[H6607] of the gate[H8179] of the court[H2691], which is by the tabernacle[H4908] and by the altar[H4196] round about[H5439], and their cords[H4340], and all the instruments[H3627] of their service[H5656], and whatsoever shall be done[H6213] with them[H5647]: therein shall they serve.
27. At the commandment[H6310] of Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121] shall be all the service[H5656] of the sons[H1121] of the Gershonites[H1649], in all their burden[H4853], and in all their service[H5656]; and ye shall appoint[H6485] unto them in charge[H4931] all their burden[H4853].
28. This is the service[H5656] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of the Gershonites[H1649] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150]: and their charge[H4931] shall be under the hand[H3027] of Ithamar[H385] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548].
29. As for the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], thou shalt number[H6485] them by their families[H4940], by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004];
30. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121] shalt thou number[H6485] them[H935], every one that entereth upon the service[H6635], to do[H5647] the work[H5656] of the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150].
31. And this is the charge[H4931] of their burden[H4853], according to all their service[H5656] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150]: the boards[H7175] of the tabernacle[H4908], and the bars[H1280] thereof[H5982], and the pillars thereof[H134], and the sockets thereof,
32. and the pillars[H5982] of the court[H2691] round about[H5439], and their sockets[H134], and their pins[H3489], and their cords[H4340], with all their instruments[H3627], and with all their service[H5656]: and by name[H8034] ye shall appoint[H6485] the instruments[H3627] of the charge[H4931] of their burden[H4853].
33. This is the service[H5656] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], according to all their service[H5656], in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], under the hand[H3027] of Ithamar[H385] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548].
34. And Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] and the princes[H5387] of the congregation[H5712] numbered[H6485] the sons[H1121] of the Kohathites[H6956] by their families[H4940], and by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004],
35. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121], every one that entered[H935] upon the service[H6635], for work[H5656] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150]:
36. and those that were numbered[H6485] of them by their families[H4940] were two thousand[H505] seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572].
37. These are they that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956], all that did serve[H5647] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] numbered[H6485] according to the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068] by[H3027] Moses[H4872].
38. And those that were numbered[H6485] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648], their families[H4940], and by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004],
39. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121], every one that entered[H935] upon the service[H6635], for work[H5656] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150],
40. even those that were numbered[H6485] of them[H4940], by their families, by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004], were two thousand[H505] and six[H8337] hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970].
41. These are they that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648], all that did serve[H5647] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] numbered[H6485] according to the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068].
42. And those that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], by their families[H4940], by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004],
43. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121], every one that entered[H935] upon the service[H6635], for work[H5656] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150],
44. even those that were numbered[H6485] of them by their families[H4940], were three[H7969] thousand[H505] and two hundred[H3967].
45. These are they that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] numbered[H6485] according to the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068] by[H3027] Moses[H4872].
46. All those that were numbered[H6485] of the Levites[H3881], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] and the princes[H5387] of Israel[H3478] numbered[H6485], by their families[H4940], and by their fathers[H1]' houses[H1004],
47. from thirty[H7970] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572] years[H8141] old[H1121], every one that entered[H935] in to do[H5647] the work[H5656] of service[H5656], and the work of bearing burdens[H4853] in the tent[H168] of meeting[H4150],
48. even those that were numbered[H6485] of them[H8083], were eight thousand[H505] and five[H2568] hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084].
49. According to the commandment[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068] they were numbered[H6485] by[H3027] Moses[H4872], every[H376] one[H376] according to his service[H5656], and according to his burden[H4853]: thus were they numbered[H6485] of him[H3068], as Jehovah commanded[H6680] Moses[H4872].
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