And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, and bade them take the sum of
the children of Cahath from among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds
and houses of their fathers from thirty years and above until fifty,
all that were able to war, for to do the work in the tabernacle of
witness: even in the most holy place. {[This shall be the office of the
Kahath in the tabernacle of witness which is most holy.]} And when the
host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the vail,
and cover the ark of witness therewith, and shall put thereon a
covering of taxus' skins, and shall spread a cloth that is altogether
of jacinth above all, and put the staves thereof in. And upon the shew
table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon, the
dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread
shall be thereon: and they shall spread upon them a covering of purple,
and cover the same with a covering of taxus' skins, and put the staves
thereof in. And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the
candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans, and
all her oil vessels which they occupy about it, and shall put upon her
and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus' skins, and put it upon
staves. And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of Iacinth,
and put on her staves. And they shall take all the things which they
occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put a cloth of Iacinth
upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus' skins and put them
on staves. And they shall take away the ashes out of the altar, and
spread a scarlet cloth thereon: and put about it, the firepans, the
fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins, and all that belongeth unto the
altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering of taxus' skins, and
put on the staves of it. And when Aaron and his sons have made an end
of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that
the host remove, then the sons of Cahath shall come in for to bear, and
so let them not twich the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the
charge of the sons of Cahath in the tabernacle of witness. And Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for
the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meatoffering and the
anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that
therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth
thereto. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: destroy not
the tribe of the kindreds of the Cahathites, from among the Levites.
But thus do unto them that they may live and not die, when they go unto
the most holy place. Aaron and his sons shall go in and put them, every
man unto his service and unto his burthen. But let them not go in to
see when they cover the sanctuary, lest they die. And the LORD spake
unto Moses saying: Take the sum of the children of Gerson, in the
houses of their fathers and in their kindreds: from thirty years and
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