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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],
2Take[H5375] the sum[H7218] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] from among[H8432] the sons[H1121] of Levi[H3878], after their families[H4940], by the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1],
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even until fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121], all that enter[H935] into the host[H6635], to do[H6213] the work[H4399] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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This shall be the service[H5656] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], about the most[H6944] holy things[H6944]:
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And when the camp[H4264] setteth forward[H5265], Aaron[H175] shall come[H935], and his sons[H1121], and they shall take down[H3381] the covering[H4539]vail[H6532], and cover[H3680] the ark[H727] of testimony[H5715] with it:
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And shall put[H5414] thereon the covering[H3681] of badgers[H8476]' skins[H5785], and shall spread[H6566]over[H4605] it a cloth[H899]wholly[H3632] of blue[H8504], and shall put[H7760] in the staves[H905] thereof.
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And upon the table[H7979] of shewbread[H6440] they shall spread[H6566] a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and put[H5414] thereon the dishes[H7086], and the spoons[H3709], and the bowls[H4518], and covers[H7184] to cover withal[H5262]: and the continual[H8548]bread[H3899] shall be thereon:
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And they shall spread[H6566] upon them a cloth[H899] of scarlet[H8438], and cover[H3680] the same with a covering[H4372] of badgers[H8476]' skins[H5785], and shall put[H7760] in the staves[H905] thereof.
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And they shall take[H3947] a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and cover[H3680] the candlestick[H4501] of the light[H3974], and his lamps[H5216], and his tongs[H4457], and his snuffdishes[H4289], and all the oil[H8081]vessels[H3627] thereof, wherewith they minister[H8334] unto it:
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And they shall put[H5414] it and all the vessels[H3627] thereof within a covering[H4372] of badgers[H8476]' skins[H5785], and shall put[H5414] it upon a bar[H4132].
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And upon the golden[H2091]altar[H4196] they shall spread[H6566] a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and cover[H3680] it with a covering[H4372] of badgers[H8476]' skins[H5785], and shall put[H7760] to the staves[H905] thereof:
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And they shall take[H3947] all the instruments[H3627] of ministry[H8335], wherewith they minister[H8334] in the sanctuary[H6944], and put[H5414] them in a cloth[H899] of blue[H8504], and cover[H3680] them with a covering[H4372] of badgers[H8476]' skins[H5785], and shall put[H5414] them on a bar[H4132]:
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And they shall take away the ashes[H1878] from the altar[H4196], and spread[H6566] a purple[H713]cloth[H899] thereon:
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And they shall put[H5414] upon it all the vessels[H3627] thereof, wherewith they minister[H8334] about it, even the censers[H4289], the fleshhooks[H4207], and the shovels[H3257], and the basons[H4219], all the vessels[H3627] of the altar[H4196]; and they shall spread[H6566] upon it a covering[H3681] of badgers[H8476]' skins[H5785], and put[H7760] to the staves[H905] of it.
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And when Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121] have made an end[H3615] of covering[H3680] the sanctuary[H6944], and all the vessels[H3627] of the sanctuary[H6944], as the camp[H4264] is to set forward[H5265]; after[H310] that, the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] shall come[H935] to bear[H5375] it: but they shall not touch[H5060] any holy thing[H6944], lest they die[H4191]. These things are the burden[H4853] of the sons[H1121] of Kohath[H6955] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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And to the office[H6486] of Eleazar[H499] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548] pertaineth the oil[H8081] for the light[H3974], and the sweet[H5561]incense[H7004], and the daily[H8548] meat offering[H4503], and the anointing[H4888]oil[H8081], and the oversight[H6486] of all the tabernacle[H4908], and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary[H6944], and in the vessels[H3627] thereof.
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872] and unto Aaron[H175], saying[H559],
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Cut ye not off[H3772] the tribe[H7626] of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956] from among[H8432] the Levites[H3881]:
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But thus do[H6213] unto them, that they may live[H2421], and not die[H4191], when they approach[H5066] unto the most[H6944] holy things[H6944]: Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121] shall go in[H935], and appoint[H7760] them every[H376]one[H376] to his service[H5656] and to his burden[H4853]:
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But they shall not go in[H935] to see[H7200] when the holy things[H6944] are covered[H1104], lest they die[H4191].
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And the LORD[H3068]spake[H1696] unto Moses[H4872], saying[H559],
22Take[H5375] also the sum[H7218] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648], throughout the houses[H1004] of their fathers[H1], by their families[H4940];
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] until fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121] shalt thou number[H6485] them; all that enter in[H935] to perform[H6633] the service[H6635], to do[H5647] the work[H5656]in[H935] the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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This is the service[H5656] of the families[H4940] of the Gershonites[H1649], to serve[H5647], and for burdens[H4853]:
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And they shall bear[H5375] the curtains[H3407] of the tabernacle[H4908], and the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], his covering[H4372], and the covering[H4372] of the badgers[H8476]' skins that is above[H4605] upon it, and the hanging[H4539] for the door[H6607] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150],
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And the hangings[H7050] of the court[H2691], and the hanging[H4539] for the door[H6607] of the gate[H8179] of the court[H2691], which is by the tabernacle[H4908] and by the altar[H4196] round about[H5439], and their cords[H4340], and all the instruments[H3627] of their service[H5656], and all that is made[H6213] for them: so shall they serve[H5647].
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At the appointment[H6310] of Aaron[H175] and his sons[H1121] shall be all the service[H5656] of the sons[H1121] of the Gershonites[H1649], in all their burdens[H4853], and in all their service[H5656]: and ye shall appoint[H6485] unto them in charge[H4931] all their burdens[H4853].
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This is the service[H5656] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1649] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]: and their charge[H4931] shall be under the hand[H3027] of Ithamar[H385] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548].
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As for the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], thou shalt number[H6485] them after their families[H4940], by the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1];
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121] shalt thou number[H6485] them, every one that entereth[H935] into the service[H6635], to do[H5647] the work[H5656] of the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150].
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And this is the charge[H4931] of their burden[H4853], according to all their service[H5656] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]; the boards[H7175] of the tabernacle[H4908], and the bars[H1280] thereof, and the pillars[H5982] thereof, and sockets[H134] thereof,
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And the pillars[H5982] of the court[H2691] round about[H5439], and their sockets[H134], and their pins[H3489], and their cords[H4340], with all their instruments[H3627], and with all their service[H5656]: and by name[H8034] ye shall reckon[H6485] the instruments[H3627] of the charge[H4931] of their burden[H4853].
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This is the service[H5656] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], according to all their service[H5656], in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], under the hand[H3027] of Ithamar[H385] the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the priest[H3548].
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And Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] and the chief[H5387] of the congregation[H5712]numbered[H6485] the sons[H1121] of the Kohathites[H6956] after their families[H4940], and after the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1],
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121], every one that entereth[H935] into the service[H6635], for the work[H5656] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150]:
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And those that were numbered[H6485] of them by their families[H4940] were two thousand[H505]seven[H7651]hundred[H3967] and fifty[H2572].
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These were they that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the Kohathites[H6956], all that might do service[H5647] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], which Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] did number[H6485] according to the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872].
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And those that were numbered[H6485] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648], throughout their families[H4940], and by the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1],
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121], every one that entereth[H935] into the service[H6635], for the work[H5656] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150],
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Even those that were numbered[H6485] of them, throughout their families[H4940], by the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1], were two thousand[H505] and six[H8337]hundred[H3967] and thirty[H7970].
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These are they that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Gershon[H1648], of all that might do service[H5647] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] did number[H6485] according to the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068].
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And those that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], throughout their families[H4940], by the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1],
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121], every one that entereth[H935] into the service[H6635], for the work[H5656] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150],
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Even those that were numbered[H6485] of them after their families[H4940], were three[H7969]thousand[H505] and two hundred[H3967].
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These be those that were numbered[H6485] of the families[H4940] of the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175]numbered[H6485] according to the word[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872].
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All those that were numbered[H6485] of the Levites[H3881], whom Moses[H4872] and Aaron[H175] and the chief[H5387] of Israel[H3478]numbered[H6485], after their families[H4940], and after the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1],
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From thirty[H7970]years[H8141]old[H1121] and upward[H4605] even unto fifty[H2572]years[H8141]old[H1121], every one that came[H935] to do[H5647] the service[H5656] of the ministry[H5656], and the service[H5656] of the burden[H4853] in the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150],
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Even those that were numbered[H6485] of them, were eight[H8083]thousand[H505] and five[H2568]hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084].
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According to the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] they were numbered[H6485] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872], every[H376]one[H376] according to his service[H5656], and according to his burden[H4853]: thus were they numbered[H6485] of him, as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872].