2 Bear the heads of the sons of Qehath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers,
3 sons of thirty years and upward to sons of fifty years, all going to the host, to work the work in the tent of the congregation.
4 This is the service of the sons of Qehath in the tent of the congregation, the holy of holies:
5 and when the camp pulls stakes, Aharon and his sons come and lower the covering veil and cover the ark of witness with it:
6 and give thereon the covering of skins of badgers and spread over it a cloth totally blue and put in the staves thereof:
7 and on the table of face bread spread a cloth of blue and give thereon the dishes and the spoons and the exoneration basins and covers of libation: and the continual bread thereon:
8 and they spread on them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of skins of badgers and put in the staves thereof:
9 and take a cloth of blue and cover the menorah of the light and his lamps and his tongs and his trays and all the oil instruments thereof: wherewith they minister to it:
10 and give it and all the instruments thereof within a covering of skins of badgers and give it on a pole:
11 and on the golden sacrifice altar spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of skins of badgers and put in the staves thereof:
12 and take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the holies and give them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of skins of badgers and give them on a pole:
13 and de-fat the sacrifice altar and spread a purple cloth thereon:
14 and give thereon all the instruments thereof wherewith they minister - the trays, the forks and the shovels and the sprinklers - all the instruments of the sacrifice altar; and spread thereon a covering of skins of badgers and put in the staves thereof.
15 And Aharon and his sons finish covering the holies and all the instruments of the holies, as the camp pulls stakes. Afterward, the sons of Qehath come to bear it: but they touch not the holies, lest they die. - these are the burden of the sons of Qehath in the tent of the congregation.
16 And to the oversight of El Azar the son of Aharon the priest: the oil for the light and the incense of aromatics and the continual offering and the anointing oil and the oversight of all the tabernacle and of all therein - in the holies and in the instruments thereof.
17 And Yah Veh words to Mosheh and to Aharon, saying,
18 Cut not off the scion of the families of the Qehathiy from among the Leviym:
19 but work thus to them, that they live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Aharon and his sons go in and set them man by man to his service and to his burden:
20 but they go not in to see when the holies are swallowed, lest they die.
21
SERVICE OF THE SONS OF GERSHON
And Yah Veh words to Mosheh, saying,
22 Bear also the heads of the sons of Gershon throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families,
23 sons of thirty years and upward until sons of fifty years - muster them; all who enter to host the hosting - to serve the work in the tent of the congregation.
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershoniy, to serve and for burdens:
25 and they bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of the congregation, its covering and the covering of the skins of badgers above thereon, and the covering for the opening of the tent of the congregation,
26 and the hangings of the court, and the covering for the opening of the portal of the court by the tabernacle, and by the sacrifice altar all around, and their cords and all the instruments of their service, and all that is worked for them: thus they serve.
27 At the mouth of Aharon and his sons is all the service of the sons of the Gershoniy, in all their burdens and in all their service: and muster to them guard of all their burdens.
28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of the congregation: and their guard is under the hand of Iy Thamar the son of Aharon the priest.
29
SERVICE OF THE SONS OF MERARI
As for the sons of Merari: muster them by their families, by the house of their fathers,
30 sons of thirty years and upward to sons of fifty years - muster them, every one who enters to the hosting, to serve the service of the tent of the congregation.
31 And this is the guard of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of the congregation: the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof and sockets thereof,
32 and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets and their stakes and their cords, with all their instruments and with all their service: and by name, muster the instruments of the guard of their burden.
33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of the congregation, under the hand of Iy Thamar the son of Aharon the priest.
34
MUSTERING OF THE PRIESTS
And Mosheh and Aharon and the hierarch of the witness muster the sons of the Qehathiy by their families, and by the house of their fathers,
35 sons of thirty years and upward even to sons of fifty years; every one who enters to the hosting for the service in the tent of the congregation:
36 and their mustered by their families: two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37 These are their mustered of the families of the Qehathiy - all who serve in the tent of the congregation, whom Mosheh and Aharon mustered according to the mouth of Yah Veh by the hand of Mosheh.
38 And their mustered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
39 sons of thirty years and upward even to sons of fifty years, every one entering into the hosting for the service in the tent of the congregation
40 - even their mustered, by their families, by the house of their fathers: two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
41 These are their mustered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all who serve in the tent of the congregation, whom Mosheh and Aharon mustered according to the mouth of Yah Veh.
42 And those mustered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers,
43 sons of thirty years and upward even to sons of fifty years, every one who enters to the hosting, for the service in the tent of the congregation,
44 even their mustered by their families: three thousand and two hundred.
45 These are their mustered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Mosheh and Aharon mustered according to the mouth of Yah Veh by the hand of Mosheh.
46 All their mustered of the Leviym, whom Mosheh and Aharon and the hierarch of Yisra El mustered, by their families, and by the house of their fathers,
47 sons of thirty years and upward even to sons of fifty years, every one who comes to serve the service and the service of the burden in the tent of the congregation,
48 even their mustered: eight thousand and five hundred and eighty,
49 according to the mouth of Yah Veh, mustered by the hand of Mosheh man by man according to his service and according to his burden: thus he musters them as Yah Veh misvahed Mosheh.