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Levites
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Numbers 4:4This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.Numbers 4:5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.Numbers 4:6They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles.Numbers 4:7Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it.Numbers 4:8And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles.Numbers 4:9They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.Numbers 4:10Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame.Numbers 4:11Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles.Numbers 4:12They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame.Numbers 4:13Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it,Numbers 4:14and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:17Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,Numbers 4:18“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.Numbers 4:19In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.Numbers 4:20But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”Numbers 4:21And the LORD said to Moses,Numbers 4:22“Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,Numbers 4:23from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:24This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:Numbers 4:25They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,Numbers 4:26the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.Numbers 4:27All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.Numbers 4:28This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.Numbers 4:29As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,Numbers 4:30from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:31This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,Numbers 4:32and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.Numbers 4:33This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”Numbers 4:34So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families,Numbers 4:35everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:36And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750.Numbers 4:37These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.Numbers 4:38Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,Numbers 4:39everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:40And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630.Numbers 4:41These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.Numbers 4:42And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,Numbers 4:43everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:44The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.Numbers 4:45These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses.Numbers 4:46So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the LevitesNumbers 4:47from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 4:48And the number of men was 8,580.Numbers 4:49At the LORD’s command through Moses they were numbered, and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.Numbers 7:8and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.Numbers 8:6“Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.Numbers 8:7This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.Numbers 8:8Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.Numbers 8:9Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.Numbers 8:10You are to present the Levites before the LORD and have the Israelites lay their hands upon them.Numbers 8:11Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.Numbers 8:12And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.Numbers 8:13You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.Numbers 8:14In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.Numbers 8:15After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 8:16For the Levites have been wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself in place of all who come first from the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.Numbers 8:17For every firstborn male in Israel is Mine, both man and beast. I set them apart for Myself on the day I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.Numbers 8:18But I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel.Numbers 8:19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”