| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: | 1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, |
| 2"Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans, | 2“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families, |
| 3from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work in the tent of meeting. | 3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 4This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things. | 4This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things. |
| 5When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it. | 5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. |
| 6Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert its poles. | 6They are to place over this a covering of fine leather, spread a solid blue cloth over it, and insert its poles. |
| 7"On the table of the presence they must spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring, and the Bread of the Presence must be on it continually. | 7Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread offering is to remain on it. |
| 8They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles. | 8And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with fine leather, and insert the poles. |
| 9"They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it. | 9They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it. |
| 10Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam. | 10Then they shall wrap it and all its utensils inside a covering of fine leather and put it on the carrying frame. |
| 11"They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles. | 11Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth, cover it with fine leather, and insert the poles. |
| 12Then they must take all the utensils of the service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a carrying beam. | 12They are to take all the utensils for serving in the sanctuary, place them in a blue cloth, cover them with fine leather, and put them on the carrying frame. |
| 13Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. | 13Then they shall remove the ashes from the bronze altar, spread a purple cloth over it, |
| 14Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there--the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar--and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles. | 14and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles. |
| 15"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting. | 15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting. |
| 16"The appointed responsibility of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is for the oil for the light, and the spiced incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil; he also has the appointed responsibility over all the tabernacle with all that is in it, over the sanctuary and over all its furnishings." | 16Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including the holy objects and their utensils.” |
| 17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: | 17Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, |
| 18"Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites; | 18“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites. |
| 19but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility. | 19In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry. |
| 20But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die." | 20But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.” |
| 21Then the LORD spoke to Moses: | 21And the LORD said to Moses, |
| 22"Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families. | 22“Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans, |
| 23You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting. | 23from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 24This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it. | 24This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport: |
| 25They must carry the curtains for the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is over it, the curtains for the entrance of the tent of meeting, | 25They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting with the covering of fine leather over it, the curtains for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, |
| 26the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the court, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, along with all the furnishings for their service and everything that is made for them. So they are to serve. | 26the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items. |
| 27"All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility. | 27All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry. |
| 28This is the service of the families of the Gershonites concerning the tent of meeting. Their responsibilities will be under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. | 28This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. |
| 29"As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans. | 29As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families, |
| 30You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting. | 30from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting. |
| 31This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, | 31This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases, |
| 32and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry. | 32and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry. |
| 33This is the service of the families of the Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest." | 33This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.” |
| 34So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans, | 34So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families, |
| 35from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting; | 35everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 36and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750. | 36And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750. |
| 37These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses. | 37These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses. |
| 38Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans, | 38Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families, |
| 39from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting-- | 39everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 40those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630. | 40And those numbered by their clans and families totaled 2,630. |
| 41These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD. | 41These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command. |
| 42Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans, | 42And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families, |
| 43from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting-- | 43everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 44those of them numbered by their families were 3,200. | 44The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200. |
| 45These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the authority of Moses. | 45These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the LORD’s command through Moses. |
| 46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans, | 46So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the Levites |
| 47from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying relating to the tent of meeting-- | 47from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting. |
| 48those of them numbered were 8,580. | 48And the number of men was 8,580. |
| 49According to the word of the LORD they were numbered, by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. Thus were they numbered by him, as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 49At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
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