| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: | 1And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, |
| 2“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house, | 2Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, |
| 3from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. | 3From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
| 4“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things: | 4This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: |
| 5When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. | 5And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: |
| 6Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall insert its poles. | 6And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. |
| 7“On the table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it. | 7And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: |
| 8They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. | 8And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. |
| 9And they shall 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. | 9And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: |
| 10Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam. | 10And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. |
| 11“Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. | 11And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: |
| 12Then they shall take all the utensils 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. | 12And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar: |
| 13Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. | 13And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: |
| 14They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles. | 14And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. |
| 15And 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 the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. “These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry. | 15And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
| 16“The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the daily grain offering, the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.” | 16And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. |
| 17Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: | 17And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, |
| 18“Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; | 18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: |
| 19but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his task. | 19But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: |
| 20But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.” | 20But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. |
| 21Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: | 21And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| 22“Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers’ house, by their families. | 22Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; |
| 23From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. | 23From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
| 24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying: | 24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: |
| 25They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, | 25And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, |
| 26the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve. | 26And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. |
| 27“Aaron and his sons shall assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. | 27At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. |
| 28This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. | 28This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. |
| 29“As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house. | 29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; |
| 30From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. | 30From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. |
| 31And this is what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, | 31And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, |
| 32and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall assign to each man by name the items he must carry. | 32And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. |
| 33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.” | 33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. |
| 34And Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ house, | 34And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, |
| 35from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting; | 35From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: |
| 36and those who were numbered by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. | 36And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. |
| 37These were the ones who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who might serve in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. | 37These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
| 38And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers’ house, | 38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, |
| 39from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting— | 39From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, |
| 40those who were numbered by their families, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty. | 40Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. |
| 41These are the ones who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all who might serve in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD. | 41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. |
| 42Those of the families of the sons of Merari who were numbered, by their families, by their fathers’ house, | 42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, |
| 43from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting— | 43From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, |
| 44those who were numbered by their families were three thousand two hundred. | 44Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. |
| 45These are the ones who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. | 45These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. |
| 46All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ houses, | 46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, |
| 47from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tabernacle of meeting— | 47From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, |
| 48those who were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. | 48Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. |
| 49According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, each according to his service and according to his task; thus were they numbered by him, as the LORD commanded Moses. | 49According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses. |
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