Numbers 4:15-49 »When Aaron and his sons finished covering the holy things and the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites will come to carry all the holy articles. They must never touch the holy things, or they will die. The Kohathites will carry all the things from the tent of meeting.

NSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁵ »When Aaron and his sons finished covering the holy things and the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites will come to carry all the holy articles. They must never touch the holy things, or they will die. The Kohathites will carry all the things from the tent of meeting. ¹⁶ »Eleazar, son of the priest Aaron, will be in charge of the oil for the lamps, the sweet-smelling incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He is in charge of the whole tent and everything in it, the holy place and its contents.« ¹⁷ Jehovah continued to speak to Moses and Aaron: ¹⁸ »Do not let the Kohathite families from Levi’s tribe be destroyed. ¹⁹ »This is what you must do so that they will not die when they come near the most holy things: Aaron and his sons will go into the holy place and tell each man what he will do and what he will carry. ²⁰ »However the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.« ²¹ Jehovah said to Moses: ²² »Take a census of the Gershonites. List them by households and families. ²³ »Register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are qualified to serve at the tent of meeting. ²⁴ »This is what the Gershonite families will do and what they will carry: ²⁵ »They will carry the sheets that are part of the inner tent and the tent of meeting. They will also carry the inner cover for the tent of meeting, the outer cover of fine leather that goes over it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting, ²⁶ the curtains for the courtyard around the tent and the altar, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard, the ropes, and all the equipment used to set up the curtains. The Gershonites will do everything that needs to be done with these things. ²⁷ »All their work, whatever they carry and all their duties, will be done under the direction of Aaron and his sons. You are in charge of telling them everything they are to carry. ²⁸ »This is the work of the Gershonite families in the tent of meeting. Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron, will be in charge of them. ²⁹ »Register the Merarites by families and households. ³⁰ »Register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who are qualified to serve at the tent of meeting. ³¹ »These are their duties as they work at the tent of meeting: They will carry the framework for the inner tent, the crossbars, posts, and sockets, ³² the posts for the surrounding courtyard, the bases, pegs, and ropes. They must take care of all this equipment. Tell each man by name the things he will carry. ³³ »This is what the Merarite families will do as they work at the tent of meeting. Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron, will be in charge of them.« ³⁴ Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation registered the Kohathites by their families and households. ³⁵ They registered all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work at the tent of meeting. ³⁶ The total of those who were registered was two thousand seven hundred and fifty. They were listed by families. ³⁷ This was the total of all those in the Kohathite families who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah commanded Moses and registered the Kohathites. ³⁸ The Gershonites were registered by families and households. ³⁹ All the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to serve at the tent of meeting were registered. ⁴⁰ The total of those registered was two thousand six hundred and seventy. They were listed by families and households. ⁴¹ This was the total of all those in the Gershonite families who worked at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah commanded Moses and registered the Gershonites. ⁴² The Merarites were registered by families and households. ⁴³ All the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to serve at the tent of meeting were registered. ⁴⁴ The total of all those who were registered was three thousand two hundred. They were listed by families. ⁴⁵ This was the total of those registered in the Merarite families. Moses and Aaron did as Jehovah commanded Moses and registered the Merarites. ⁴⁶ All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ households, ⁴⁷ were the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to do the work of serving and who carried the tent of meeting. ⁴⁸ They counted eight thousand five hundred and fifty. ⁴⁹ At Jehovah’s command through Moses each man was registered and told what to do and what to carry. So they were registered as Jehovah commanded Moses.