The Holy Things of God - Numbers 4

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,  saying, Numbers 4:1 

Numbers 4:2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from  among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of  their fathers, 

Numbers 4:3 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. 

Numbers 4:4 This shall  be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the  congregation, about the most holy things:  

Numbers 4:5 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: 

Numbers 4:6 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. 

Numbers 4:7 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: 

Numbers 4:8 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. 

Numbers 4:9 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: 

Numbers 4:10 And they shall put  it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’  skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 

Numbers 4:11 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: 

Numbers 4:12 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: 

Numbers 4:13 And  they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a  purple cloth thereon: 

Numbers 4:14 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. 

Numbers 4:15  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.   

Numbers 4:16 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.  

Numbers 4:17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,  saying, 

Numbers 4:18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the  Kohathites from among the Levites: 

Numbers 4:19 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: 

Numbers 4:20 But they shall not go in to see when the  holy things are covered, lest they die.  

Numbers 4:21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 

Numbers 4:22  Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the  houses of their fathers, by their families; 

Numbers 4:23 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. 

Numbers 4:24 This is the  service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for  burdens: 

Numbers 4:25 And they shall bear the curtains of the  tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his  covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is  above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle  of the congregation, 

Numbers 4:26 And the hangings of the court,  and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which  is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their  cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is  made for them: so shall they serve. 

Numbers 4:27 At the  appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of  the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all  their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all  their burdens. 

Numbers 4:28 This is the service of the families of  the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation:  and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son  of Aaron the priest.  

Numbers 4:29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them  after their families, by the house of their fathers; 

Numbers 4:30  From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old  shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the  service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the  congregation. 

Numbers 4:31 And this is the charge of their  burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the  congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars  thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 

Numbers 4:32  And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets,  and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments,  and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the  instruments of the charge of their burden. 

Numbers 4:33 This is  the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according  to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation,  under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.   

Numbers 4:34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the  congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after  their families, and after the house of their fathers, 

Numbers 4:35  From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,  every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the  tabernacle of the congregation: 

Numbers 4:36 And those that were  numbered of them by their families were two thousand  seven hundred and fifty. 

Numbers 4:37 These were they that were  numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might  do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which  Moses and Aaron did number according to the  commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 

Numbers 4:38  And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon,  throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,  

Numbers 4:39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty  years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the  work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 

Numbers 4:40 Even  those that were numbered of them, throughout their  families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand  and six hundred and thirty. 

Numbers 4:41 These are they that  were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all  that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation,  whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the  commandment of the LORD.  

Numbers 4:42 And those that were numbered of the families of  the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house  of their fathers, 

Numbers 4:43 From thirty years old and upward  even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the  service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,  

Numbers 4:44 Even those that were numbered of them after their  families, were three thousand and two hundred. 

Numbers 4:45  These be those that were numbered of the families of the  sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered  according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.  

Numbers 4:46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom  Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after  their families, and after the house of their fathers, 

Numbers 4:47  From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old,  every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and  the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the  congregation, 

Numbers 4:48 Even those that were numbered of  them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore.  

Numbers 4:49 According to the commandment of the LORD they  were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according  to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they  numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.  

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