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Numbers 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Duties of the Kohathites

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Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Take [fn]a census of the [fn]descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:3 - from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the duty of doing the work in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - “This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

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“And 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6 - and they shall put a covering of porpoise skin on it and shall spread over it a cloth of pure [fn]blue and shall insert its poles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:7 - “Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of [fn]blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the offering bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:8 - “And 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:9 - “Then they shall take a [fn]blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its tongs, and its [fn]trays and all its oil vessels, by which they minister in connection to it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:10 - and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin and shall put it on the carrying bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:11 - “And over the golden altar they shall spread a [fn]blue cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin and shall insert its poles;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - and they shall take all the utensils of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a [fn]blue cloth and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin and put them on the carrying bars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:13 - “Then they shall take away the [fn]ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - “They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they minister in connection with it: the firepans, the flesh hooks and shovels and the bowls, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of porpoise skin over it and insert its poles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:15 - “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 [fn]things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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“And the assignment 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 assignment of all the [fn]tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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Then Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - “Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - “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 set each of them to his service and to his load;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:20 - but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die.”

Duties of the Gershonites

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Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:22 - “Take [fn]a census of the sons of Gershon [fn]also, by their fathers’ households, by their families;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - from thirty years and upward to fifty years old, you shall [fn]number them; all who enter to perform the duty of performing the service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:25 - they 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and 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, [fn]they shall perform.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - “All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their service, shall be performed at the [fn]command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a responsibility all their loads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their responsibilities shall be [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Duties of the Merarites

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“As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ households;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the duty of performing the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this is the responsibility 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 bases,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars around the court and their bases 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 of the responsibility of [fn]his load.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the duty of service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - Their numbered men by their families were 2,750.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37 - These 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 [fn]commandment of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

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The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the duty of service in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - their numbered men by their families, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - These 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 [fn]commandment of Yahweh.

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The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the duty of service in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - their numbered men by their families were 3,200.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:45 - These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the [fn]commandment of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

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All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to perform the work of service and the service of carrying in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:48 - their numbered men were 8,580.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the [fn]word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving or carrying; thus these were his numbered men, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
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Lit the sum
Lit sons
Or violet
Or violet
Or violet
Lit snuff dishes
Or violet
Or violet
Soaked with fat; or fat ashes
Lit burden...of the sons
Lit dwelling place, so in ch
Lit the sum
Lit also them
Lit muster, so in ch
Lit so they shall serve
Lit mouth
Lit in the hand
Lit their
Lit in the hand
Lit mouth
Lit mouth
Lit mouth
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