1 And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from the middle of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers. 3 From a son of 30 years and upward, even until a son of 50 years, everyone who will be going in to the host, to do work in the Tent of Meeting. 4 This will be the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting for the most holy things: 5 when Aaron and his sons have come in, in the journeying of the camp, and have taken down the veil of the hanging, and have covered the Ark of the Testimony with it, 6 then they will put a covering of tachash skin on it, and spread a garment completely of blue above, and have placed its poles. 7 And they will spread a garment of blue over the table of the presence, and put the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups of the drink-offering on it, and the bread of continuity will be on it, 8 and they will spread a garment of scarlet over them, and will cover it with a covering of tachash skin, and place its poles, 9 and will take a garment of blue, and cover the lampstand of the lamp, and its lights, and its snuffers, and its snuff-dishes, and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it. 10 And they will put it and all its vessels into a covering of tachash skin, and put it on the bar. 11 And they will spread a garment of blue over the golden altar, and cover it with a covering of tachash skin, and place its poles, 12 and will take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the holy place, and put them into a garment of blue, and cover them with a covering of tachash skin, and put them on the bar, 13 and will remove the ashes of the altar, and spread a garment of purple over it, 14 and put on it all its vessels with which they minister on it—the censers, the hooks, and the shovels, and the bowls, all the vessels of the altar—and will spread a covering of tachash skin on it, and place its poles. 15 And when Aaron has finished—his sons also—covering the holy place, and all the vessels of the holy place, in the journeying of the camp, and afterward the sons of Kohath will come in to carry it, and they will not come to the holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting. 16 And the oversight of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, will be the oil of the lamp, and the spice-incense, and the present of continuity, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the Dwelling Place and of all that which is in it, in the sanctuary and in its vessels.” 17 And YHWH spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 “You will not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathite from the middle of the Levites. 19 But will do this for them, and they will live and will not die in their drawing near to the Holy of Holies: Aaron and his sons will go in, and will set them, each man to his service, and to his burden, 20 and they will not go in to see when the holy thing is swallowed, lest they die.” 21 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 22 “Also take a census of the sons of Gershon by the house of their fathers, by their families. 23 From a son of 30 years and upward, until a son of 50 years, you number them—everyone who will be going in to serve the host, to do the service in the Tent of Meeting. 24 This will be the service of the families of the Gershonite, to serve and for burden: 25 and they will carry the curtains of the Dwelling Place, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of the tachash skin which is on it above, and the veil at the opening of the Tent of Meeting, 26 and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the opening of the gate of the court which is by the Dwelling Place, and by the altar all around, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and all that is made for them—and they will serve. 27 By the command of Aaron and his sons will all the service of the sons of the Gershonite, in all their burden and in all their service. And you will lay a charge on them concerning the charge of all their burden. 28 This will be the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonite in the Tent of Meeting. And their charge will be under the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 29 The sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers—you number them. 30 From a son of 30 years and upward even to a son of 50 years, you number them—everyone who will be going in to the host, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. 31 And this will be the charge of their burden, of all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, 32 and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, of all their vessels, and of all their service. And you number the vessels of the charge of their burden by name. 33 This will be the service of the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, by the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.” 34 And Moses numbered—Aaron also, and the princes of the congregation—the sons of the Kohathite, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, 35 from a son of 30 years and upward even to a son of 50 years, everyone who will be going in to the host, for service in the Tent of Meeting, 36 and their numbered ones, by their families, were 2,750. 37 These were those numbered of the families of the Kohathite, everyone who is serving in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of YHWH, by the hand of Moses. 38 And those numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 from a son of 30 years and upward even to a son of 50 years, everyone who will be going in to the host, for service in the Tent of Meeting, 40 even their numbered ones, by their families, by the house of their fathers, were 2,630. 41 These were those numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who will be serving in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of YHWH. 42 And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 from a son of 30 years and upward even to a son of 50 years, everyone who will be going in to the host, for service in the Tent of Meeting, 44 even their numbered ones, by their families, were 3,200. 45 These were those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the command of YHWH, by the hand of Moses. 46 All those numbered, whom Moses numbered—Aaron also, and the princes of Israel—of the Levites, by their families, and by the house of their fathers, 47 from a son of 30 years and upward even to a son of 50 years, everyone who will be going in to do the work of the service, even the service of burden in the Tent of Meeting, 48 even their numbered ones were 8,580. 49 He had numbered them by the command of YHWH, by the hand of Moses, each man by his service, and by his burden, with his numbered ones, as YHWH had commanded Moses.