| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: | 1The LORD told 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 descendants of Kohath from among the descendants of Levi according to their tribes and ancestral houses |
| 3from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work in the tent of meeting. | 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. |
| 4This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things. | 4"Here's what the descendants of Kohath are to do regarding the Tent of Meeting and what's inside the Most Holy Place: |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 set a leather-dyed skin covering over it, cover it with a pure blue cloth, and then 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. | 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. |
| 8They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles. | 8They are to spread over them a scarlet cloth and a leather-dyed skin covering and then insert its 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. | 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. |
| 10Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 13Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. | 13They are also to remove the ashes on the altar and 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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." |
| 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." | 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." |
| 17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron: | 17Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron, |
| 18"Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites; | 18"You are not to eliminate the tribe of the families of the descendants of Kohath from the descendants of Levi. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 20But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die." | 20But they are not to go in to see the sanctuary as it is being covered, so they won't die." |
| 21Then the LORD spoke to Moses: | 21Then the LORD told Moses, |
| 22"Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families. | 22"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon according to their ancestral house and tribes. |
| 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. | 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." |
| 24This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it. | 24"These are the responsibilities that the descendants of Gershon are to have: |
| 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 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, |
| 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 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 work of the tribes of Gershon at the Tent of Meeting—their duties under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. |
| 29"As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans. | 29"For the descendants of Merari, number them according to their tribes and ancestral houses |
| 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 30 to 50 years old as you count them, including everyone who can enter service and perform work at 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 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, |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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 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." |
| 34So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans, | 34Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses |
| 35from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting; | 35from 30 to 50 fifty years old—that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 36and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750. | 36The total according to their tribe numbered 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. | 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. |
| 38Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans, | 38The tribes and the ancestral houses of the descendants of Gershon were numbered |
| 39from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting-- | 39from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 40those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630. | 40The total according to their tribes and ancestral house numbered 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. | 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. |
| 42Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans, | 42The tribes and ancestral house of Merari were numbered |
| 43from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting-- | 43from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. |
| 44those of them numbered by their families were 3,200. | 44The total according to their tribes 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. | 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. |
| 46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans, | 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 |
| 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 30 to 50 years old, who entered the service for work at the Tent of Meeting |
| 48those of them numbered were 8,580. | 48was 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. | 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. |
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