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And the L
ORD
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2
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 L
ORD
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 L
ORD
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,
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