and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put
them on the frame.
004:013 They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread
a purple cloth on it.
004:014 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister
about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels,
and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall
spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
004:015 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary,
and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward;
after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it:
but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die.
These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the
Tent of Meeting.
004:016 "The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil
for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering,
and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle,
and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."
004:017 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
004:018 "Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites
from among the Levites;
004:019 but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they
approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in,
and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;
004:020 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment,
lest they die."
004:021 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
004:022 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers'
houses, by their families;
004:023 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall
you number them; all who enter in to wait on the service,
to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
004:024 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
in serving and in bearing burdens:
004:025 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent
of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is
above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
004:026 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door
of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and
around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments
of their service, and whatever shall be done with them.
Therein shall they serve.
004:027 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the
service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden,
and in all their service; and you shall appoint to them
in charge all their burden.
004:028 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites
in the Tent of Meeting: and their charge shall be under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.