Numbers 4:4-20

  4 H5656 This shall be the service H1121 of the sons H6955 of Kohath H168 in the tabernacle H4150 of the congregation H6944 , about the most H6944 holy things:

  5 H4264 And when the camp H5265 setteth forward [H8800]   H175 , Aaron H935 shall come [H8804]   H1121 , and his sons H3381 , and they shall take down [H8689]   H4539 the covering H6532 vail H3680 , and cover [H8765]   H727 the ark H5715 of testimony with it:

  6 H5414 And shall put [H8804]   H3681 thereon the covering H8476 of badgers H5785 ' skins H6566 , and shall spread [H8804]   H4605 over H899 it a cloth H3632 wholly H8504 of blue H7760 , and shall put [H8804]   H905 in the staves thereof.

  7 H7979 And upon the table H6440 of shewbread H6566 they shall spread [H8799]   H899 a cloth H8504 of blue H5414 , and put [H8804]   H7086 thereon the dishes H3709 , and the spoons H4518 , and the bowls H7184 , and covers H5262 to cover withal H8548 : and the continual H3899 bread shall be thereon:

  8 H6566 And they shall spread [H8804]   H899 upon them a cloth H8438 of scarlet H8144   H3680 , and cover [H8765]   H4372 the same with a covering H8476 of badgers H5785 ' skins H7760 , and shall put [H8804]   H905 in the staves thereof.

  9 H3947 And they shall take [H8804]   H899 a cloth H8504 of blue H3680 , and cover [H8765]   H4501 the candlestick H3974 of the light H5216 , and his lamps H4457 , and his tongs H4289 , and his snuffdishes H8081 , and all the oil H3627 vessels H8334 thereof, wherewith they minister [H8762]   unto it:

  10 H5414 And they shall put [H8804]   H3627 it and all the vessels H4372 thereof within a covering H8476 of badgers H5785 ' skins H5414 , and shall put [H8804]   H4132 it upon a bar.

  11 H2091 And upon the golden H4196 altar H6566 they shall spread [H8799]   H899 a cloth H8504 of blue H3680 , and cover [H8765]   H4372 it with a covering H8476 of badgers H5785 ' skins H7760 , and shall put [H8804]   H905 to the staves thereof:

  12 H3947 And they shall take [H8804]   H3627 all the instruments H8335 of ministry H8334 , wherewith they minister [H8762]   H6944 in the sanctuary H5414 , and put [H8804]   H899 them in a cloth H8504 of blue H3680 , and cover [H8765]   H4372 them with a covering H8476 of badgers H5785 ' skins H5414 , and shall put [H8804]   H4132 them on a bar:

  13 H1878 And they shall take away the ashes [H8765]   H4196 from the altar H6566 , and spread [H8804]   H713 a purple H899 cloth thereon:

  14 H5414 And they shall put [H8804]   H3627 upon it all the vessels H8334 thereof, wherewith they minister [H8762]   H4289 about it, even the censers H4207 , the fleshhooks H3257 , and the shovels H4219 , and the basons H3627 , all the vessels H4196 of the altar H6566 ; and they shall spread [H8804]   H3681 upon it a covering H8476 of badgers H5785 ' skins H7760 , and put [H8804]   H905 to the staves of it.

  15 H175 And when Aaron H1121 and his sons H3615 have made an end [H8765]   H3680 of covering [H8763]   H6944 the sanctuary H3627 , and all the vessels H6944 of the sanctuary H4264 , as the camp H5265 is to set forward [H8800]   H310 ; after H1121 that, the sons H6955 of Kohath H935 shall come [H8799]   H5375 to bear [H8800]   H5060 it : but they shall not touch [H8799]   H6944 any holy thing H4191 , lest they die [H8804]   H4853 . These things are the burden H1121 of the sons H6955 of Kohath H168 in the tabernacle H4150 of the congregation.

  16 H6486 And to the office H499 of Eleazar H1121 the son H175 of Aaron H3548 the priest H8081 pertaineth the oil H3974 for the light H5561 , and the sweet H7004 incense H8548 , and the daily H4503 meat offering H4888 , and the anointing H8081 oil H6486 , and the oversight H4908 of all the tabernacle H6944 , and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary H3627 , and in the vessels thereof.

  17 H3068 And the LORD H1696 spake [H8762]   H4872 unto Moses H175 and unto Aaron H559 , saying [H8800]  ,

  18 H3772 Cut ye not off [H8686]   H7626 the tribe H4940 of the families H6956 of the Kohathites H8432 from among H3881 the Levites:

  19 H6213 But thus do [H8798]   H2421 unto them, that they may live [H8804]   H4191 , and not die [H8799]   H5066 , when they approach [H8800]   H6944 unto the most H6944 holy things H175 : Aaron H1121 and his sons H935 shall go in [H8799]   H7760 , and appoint [H8804]   H376 them every H376 one H5656 to his service H4853 and to his burden:

  20 H935 But they shall not go in [H8799]   H7200 to see [H8800]   H6944 when the holy things H1104 are covered [H8763]   H4191 , lest they die [H8804]  .