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Duties of the Sons of Kohath

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 “Take a census of the sons of aKohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house,  
3 afrom thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.  
4 a“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to bthe most holy things:  
5 When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down athe covering veil and cover the bark of the Testimony with it.  
6 Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of ablue; and they shall insert bits poles.  
7 “On the atable of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the1 pitchers for pouring; and the bshowbread shall be on it.  
8 They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
9 And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the alampstand of the light, bwith its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.  
10 Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.
11 “Over athe golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.  
12 Then they shall take all the autensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam.  
13 Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it.
14 They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the1 basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles.  
15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then athe sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; bbut they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. “cThese are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.  
16 “The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is athe oil for the light, the bsweet incense, cthe daily grain offering, the danointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”  
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
Verse Comparison: Numbers 4:2

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American Standard Version
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

Amplified® Bible
Take a census of the Kohathite division among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

Contemporary English Version
Find out how many men between the ages of thirty and fifty are in the four Levite clans of Kohath. Count only those who are able to work at the sacred tent.

Darby English Version
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,

Good News Bible
to take a census of the Levite clan of Kohath by subclans and families,

King James Version
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

New American Standard Bible
"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households,

New International Version
"Take a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families.

New King James Version
“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households,

Revised Standard Version
"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families and their fathers' houses,

Young's Literal Translation
`Take up the sum of the sons of Kohath from the midst of the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers;


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