| International Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD told Moses and Aaron, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
| 2"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the descendants of Levi according to their tribes and ancestral houses | 2"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households, |
| 3from 30 years and older through the age of 50 years, from everyone who can enter the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. | 3from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. |
| 4"Here's what the descendants of Kohath are to do regarding the Tent of Meeting and what's inside the Most Holy Place: | 4"This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. |
| 5When the camp is about to travel, Aaron and his sons are to come and take down the veil of the curtain and cover the Ark of the Testimony with it. | 5"When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; |
| 6They are to set a leather-dyed skin covering over it, cover it with a pure blue cloth, and then insert its poles. | 6and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles. |
| 7"They are to spread a blue cloth over the table of the Presence and on top of it the dishes, pans, bowls, pitchers for drink offerings, and the bread of presence are to be on it continually. | 7"Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it. |
| 8They are to spread over them a scarlet cloth and a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles. | 8"They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles. |
| 9"They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand for the light with its lamp, lamp-snuffers, censer, and all the utensils for its oil with which they minister. | 9"Then they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its snuffers, and its trays and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it; |
| 10Then they are to put them with all the other utensils on the leather-dyed skin covering and set them on the beams for transport. | 10and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars. |
| 11"On the golden altar, they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with a leather-dyed skin covering, and then insert its poles. | 11"Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its poles; |
| 12Then they are to take all the utensils for service with which they minister at the sanctuary, set them on the blue cloth, cover them with the leather-dyed skin covering, and then set them on the beams for transport. | 12and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin, and put them on the carrying bars. |
| 13They are also to remove the ashes on the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. | 13"Then they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. |
| 14Then they are to put all the instruments with which they minister there—trays, forks, shovels, bowls, and all the utensils of the altar. They are to spread over it a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its poles. | 14"They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they serve in connection with it: the firepans, the forks and shovels and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of porpoise skin over it and insert its poles. |
| 15"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the utensils of the sanctuary, and the camp is about to travel, then the descendants of Kohath are to come and carry them, but they are not to touch the most sacred objects, so they won't die. These are the duties of the descendants of Kohath at the Tent of Meeting." | 15"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry. |
| 16"Now the duty of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest is to maintain the oil for the light, the spiced incense, the daily offerings, the oil for anointing, and to carry out all the duties of the tent and the sanctuary, and to maintain its utensils." | 16"The responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light and the fragrant incense and the continual grain offering and the anointing oil-- the responsibility of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings." |
| 17Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron, | 17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
| 18"You are not to eliminate the tribe of the families of the descendants of Kohath from the descendants of Levi. | 18"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites. |
| 19But do this for them so that they may live and not die when they approach the Most Holy Place: Aaron and his sons are to go in and set specific responsibilities for each of them to carry out. | 19"But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load; |
| 20But they are not to go in to see the sanctuary as it is being covered, so they won't die." | 20but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die." |
| 21Then the LORD told Moses, | 21Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 22"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon according to their ancestral house and tribes. | 22"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families; |
| 23Count their number from between 30 to 50 years old, including everyone who can enter the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting." | 23from thirty years and upward to fifty years old, you shall number them; all who enter to perform the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. |
| 24"These are the responsibilities that the descendants of Gershon are to have: | 24"This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying: |
| 25They are to carry the curtain of the tent, the covering of the Tent of Meeting, the dyed leather covering that goes over it, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, | 25they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting, |
| 26the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tent, the altar, the ropes, all the service utensils, and everything made for them. This is to be their service area. | 26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service; and all that is to be done, they shall perform. |
| 27The descendants of Gershon are to carry out the instructions of Aaron and his sons. You are to assign them their responsibilities to carry out. | 27"All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. |
| 28This is the work of the tribes of Gershon at the Tent of Meeting—their duties under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. | 28"This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. |
| 29"For the descendants of Merari, number them according to their tribes and ancestral houses | 29"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' households; |
| 30from 30 to 50 years old as you count them, including everyone who can enter service and perform work at the Tent of Meeting. | 30from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tent of meeting. |
| 31This is to be their area of responsibility to carry out with respect to their service at the Tent of Meeting: the board of the tent, its bars, its crossbars, its sockets, | 31"Now this is the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its pillars and its sockets, |
| 32the pillars around the courtyard, their sockets, their pegs, their ropes, and all the utensils for all their services. Assign the utensils by name to each person whose responsibility it will be to carry them. | 32and the pillars around the court and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign each man by name the items he is to carry. |
| 33This is the work of the tribes of the descendants of Merari with reference to their service at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron the priest's son Ithamar." | 33"This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest." |
| 34Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses | 34So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers' households, |
| 35from 30 to 50 fifty years old—that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. | 35from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent of meeting. |
| 36The total according to their tribe numbered 2,750 | 36Their numbered men by their families were 2,750. |
| 37from the tribe of the descendants of Kohath, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses. | 37These are the numbered men of the Kohathite families, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses. |
| 38The tribes and the ancestral houses of the descendants of Gershon were numbered | 38The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers' households, |
| 39from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. | 39from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent of meeting. |
| 40The total according to their tribes and ancestral house numbered 2,630 | 40Their numbered men by their families, by their fathers' households, were 2,630. |
| 41from the tribes of the descendants of Gershon, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said. | 41These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD. |
| 42The tribes and ancestral house of Merari were numbered | 42The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' households, |
| 43from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. | 43from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent of meeting. |
| 44The total according to their tribes numbered 3,200 | 44Their numbered men by their families were 3,200. |
| 45from the tribes of the descendants of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses. | 45These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses. |
| 46The total of those who were numbered from the descendants of Levi by Moses and Aaron; that is, from the leaders of Israel counted according to their tribes and ancestral houses | 46All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers' households, |
| 47from 30 to 50 years old, who entered the service for work at the Tent of Meeting | 47from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and the work of carrying in the tent of meeting. |
| 48was 8,580. | 48Their numbered men were 8,580. |
| 49They were numbered under the supervision of Moses according to what the LORD had said. Each person was assigned a responsibility to carry out, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 49According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving or carrying; thus these were his numbered men, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
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