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Numbers 4 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Duties of the Kohathites

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:2

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 Box Num 4:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - “This is the work of the [fn]descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:5 - “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 Box Num 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:6 - and they shall lay 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 Box Num 4:7

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 sacrificial 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 - “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 Box Num 4:9

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 snuffers, and its [fn]trays and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:10

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 Box Num 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:11 - “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 Box Num 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:12 - and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve 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 Box Num 4:13

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 Box Num 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:14 - “They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they serve in connection with it: the firepans, the forks and shovels and the basins, 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 Box Num 4:15

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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:16 - “The responsibility 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 responsibility of all the [fn]tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:17 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:18

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 Box Num 4:19

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 assign each of them to his work and to his load;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:20

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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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:21 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:22

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 Box Num 4:23

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 service to do the work in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:24

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 Box Num 4:25

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 Box Num 4:26

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 Box Num 4:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

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 duties shall be [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Duties of the Merarites

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:29 - “As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ households;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this is the duty 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 [fn]sockets,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars around the court and their [fn]sockets 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 [fn]he is to carry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:33

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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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:34 - 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 Box Num 4:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:36

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:37

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 the LORD [fn]through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:38 - The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:39

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:40

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 the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:42 - 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 service for work in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:44

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 the LORD [fn]through Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:46 - 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 Box Num 4:47

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:48

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the [fn]commandment of the LORD [fn]through Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving or carrying; thus these were his numbered men, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: the sum
Literally: sons
Literally: sons
Or, violet
Or, violet
Or, violet
Literally: snuff dishes
Or, violet
Or, violet
Or, fat ashes; i.e. soaked with fat
Literally: burden...of the sons
Literally: dwelling place, and so throughout the chapter
Literally: the sum
Literally: also them
Literally: muster, and so throughout the chapter
Literally: so they shall serve
Literally: mouth
Literally: in the hand
Or, bases
Or, bases
Literally: of the duty of their loads
Literally: in the hand
Literally: mouth
Literally: by the hand of
Literally: mouth
Literally: mouth
Literally: by the hand of
Literally: mouth
Literally: by the hand of
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