1And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and with Ahron and said to them: 2“Take an accounting of the sons of Qahath from within the sons of Levi for their families for the house of their fathers. 3From a son of thirty years and above, and unto outside fifty years, all who come into the host to do work in the Time Tent. 4This is the service of the sons of Qahath in the Time tent, The Holy of Holies.

5And Ahron will enter and his sons whenever the camp pick up and they shall take down the veil of the door of the curtain and they shall cover the Ark of the Testimony with it. 6And they shall cover a membrane of leather of vermillionsky blue over it and they shall cover with a perfect robe of dark bluepurple from above and they shall set its poles. 7And over the table of faces they shall cover with a robe of dark blue and they will set up flasks and spoons and bowls and ladles of drink offerings on it and the bread shall be constantly upon it. 8And they shall cover over it with a robe of scarlet and they shall cover it with a membrane of leather of vermillionsky blue that its poles may be set out. 9And they shall take a robe of dark blue and they shall cover the lamp stand that gives light and its lamps and its snuffers and its spoons and all vessels of oil with which they serve it. 10And they shall put it and all its implements in a cover of leather of sky blue and they will set it on its poles. 11And upon the altar of gold they shall cover with a perfect robe of dark blue and they shall cover it with a covering of leather of sky blue and they will set its poles. 12And they shall take all of the implements of ministry with which they minister in holiness and they will put them in a robe of dark blue and they shall cover them in a cover of leather of sky blue and they will put them on poles. 13And they shall remove the altar and they shall cover over it with a robe of purple. 14And they will put with it all of its implements with which they minister upon it, the censers and the forks and the shovels and the fire pans and all of the implements of the altar, and they shall cover over it a membrane of leather of sky blue and they will set its poles. 15And when Ahron has finished and his sons covering the holy place and all the garments of Holiness when he picked up camp, then the sons of Qahath shall enter to pick up, that they shall not touch Holiness and die; these are the removals of the sons of Qahath that are in the Time Tent.

16And the authority of Eliazar the son of Ahron the Priest of the oil of the lamps and incense of sweet spices and constant meal offering and oil of anointing; he is authorized over all the Tabernacle and over everything that is in it and in the Holy Place and with its implements.”

17And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and with Ahron and said to them: 18“You shall not destroy the tribe of the family of Qahath from within the Levites. 19But do this to them and they will live, lest they will die when they enter the Holy Holies; Ahron and his sons shall enter and they shall authorize them, each man over his service and over its removal. 20And they shall not enter to see when the holy things are covered lest they die.”

21And LORD JEHOVAH spoke with Moshe and said to him: 22“Take an accounting of the sons of Gershun, also of the house of their fathers for their tribes. 23From a son of thirty years and above and unto a son of fifty years you shall number them, everyone who comes to be enabled in power and to perform the service in the Time Tent. 24This is the service of the family of Gershun to minister and to remove: 25They shall take up the curtains of the Tabernacle and the Time Tabernacle. 26And the curtain rods of the courtyard and the curtain of the entrance of the door of the courtyard that is next to the Tabernacle, and next to the altar as a circle, and their cords and all implements of their ministry, everything that they were performing and they were ministering. 27All the service of the sons of Gershun shall be by the word of the mouth of Ahron and of his sons for all their removal and all their ministry and you shall authorize upon them the keeping over all their removal. 28This is the service of the family of the sons of Gershun that is in the Time Tent and their guarding by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Ahron the Priest.

29And you shall number the sons of Marari for their families for the house of their fathers. 30From a son of thirty years and above and unto a son of fifty years, you shall number them, everyone who comes to be able in power and to do service in the Time Tent. 31And this is the guard of their cargo and of all their service in the Time Tabernacle, the boards of the Tabernacle, its bars and its pillars and its sockets. 32And the pillars of the courtyard as a circle, and their sockets and their pegs and their cords and all their implements and all their service; count by name the implements of the keeping of their cargo. 33This is the service of families of the sons of Marari and all their service in the Time Tent by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Ahron the Priest."

34And Moshe and Ahron and the Leaders of the assembly numbered the sons of Qahath by their families for the house of their fathers. 35From a son of thirty years and above and unto a son of fifty years, everyone who comes into the host to the service of the Time Tent. 36And their number by their families was two thousand and seven hundred and fifty. 37These were the numbers of the family of Qahath, everyone who serves in the Time Tent whom Moshe and Ahron numbered by the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH by the agency of Moshe.

38And the number of the sons of Gershun by their families for the house of their fathers. 39From a son of thirty years and above and unto a son of fifty years, everyone who comes into the host for the service of the Time Tent. 40And this is their number by their families by the house of their fathers: two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41These are the numbers of the family of the sons of Gershun, everyone who served in the Time Tent whom Moshe and Ahron numbered by the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH.

42And the number of the family of the sons of Marari for their families for the house of their fathers. 43From a son of three years and above and unto a son of five years, everyone who comes into the host to the service of the Time Tabernacle. 44And their number for their families for the house of their fathers was three thousand and two hundred. 45These are the numbers of genealogies of the sons of Merari that Moshe numbered and Ahron by the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH by the agency of Moshe.

46Every number that Moshe and Ahron and the Rulers of Israel numbered for the Levites, for their tribes, for the house of their fathers. 47From a son of thirty years and above and unto a son of fifty years, everyone who comes into the host to do work in the service and the service of the removal in the Time Tabernacle: 48Eight thousand and five hundred and eighty. 49By the word of the mouth of LORD JEHOVAH they numbered them by the agency of Moshe, each man for his service and for his removing, and he numbered them as LORD JEHOVAH commanded Moshe.