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Duties of the Kohathites |
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| Numbers 4:1 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
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| Numbers 4:2 |
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"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath
from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households, |
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| Numbers 4:3 |
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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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| Numbers 4:4 |
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This is the work of the descendants of Kohath
in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. |
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| Numbers 4:5 |
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"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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| Numbers 4:6 |
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and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin
on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles. |
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| Numbers 4:7 |
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Over the table of the bread of the Presence
they shall also spread a cloth of 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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| Numbers 4:8 |
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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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| Numbers 4:9 |
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Then they shall take a blue cloth and cover
the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its snuffers, and its trays
and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it; |
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| Numbers 4:10 |
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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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| Numbers 4:11 |
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Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue
cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its poles; |
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| Numbers 4:12 |
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and they shall take all the utensils of service,
with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth and cover
them with a covering of porpoise skin, and put them on the carrying bars. |
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| Numbers 4:13 |
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Then they shall take away the ashes from the
altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. |
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| Numbers 4:14 |
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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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| Numbers 4:15 |
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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 things in the tent of meeting
which the sons of Kohath are to carry. |
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| Numbers 4:16 |
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"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 tabernacle
and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings." |
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| Numbers 4:17 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, |
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| Numbers 4:18 |
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"Do not let the tribe of the families of the
Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites. |
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| Numbers 4:19 |
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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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| Numbers 4:20 |
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but they shall not go in to see the holy objects
even for a moment, or they will die." |
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Duties of the Gershonites |
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| Numbers 4:21 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Numbers 4:22 |
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"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also,
by their fathers' households, by their families; |
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| Numbers 4:23 |
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from thirty years and upward to fifty years
old, you shall number them; all who enter to perform the service to do the work
in the tent of meeting. |
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| Numbers 4:24 |
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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites,
in serving and in carrying: |
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| Numbers 4:25 |
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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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| Numbers 4:26 |
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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, they shall perform. |
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| Numbers 4:27 |
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All the service of the sons of the Gershonites,
in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of
Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. |
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| Numbers 4:28 |
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This is the service of the families of the sons
of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be under the
direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. |
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Duties of the Merarites |
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| Numbers 4:29 |
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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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| Numbers 4:30 |
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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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| Numbers 4:31 |
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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 sockets, |
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| Numbers 4:32 |
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and the pillars around the court and their 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 he is to carry. |
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| Numbers 4:33 |
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This is the service of the families of the sons
of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction
of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest." |
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| Numbers 4:34 |
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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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| Numbers 4:35 |
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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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| Numbers 4:36 |
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Their numbered men by their families were 2,750. |
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| Numbers 4:37 |
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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 commandment of the LORD through Moses. |
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| Numbers 4:38 |
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The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their
families and by their fathers' households, |
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| Numbers 4:39 |
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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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| Numbers 4:40 |
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Their numbered men by their families, by their
fathers' households, were 2,630. |
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| Numbers 4:41 |
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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 commandment of the LORD. |
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| Numbers 4:42 |
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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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| Numbers 4:43 |
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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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| Numbers 4:44 |
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Their numbered men by their families were 3,200. |
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| Numbers 4:45 |
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These are the numbered men of the families of
the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment
of the LORD through Moses. |
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| Numbers 4:46 |
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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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| Numbers 4:47 |
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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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| Numbers 4:48 |
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Their numbered men were 8,580. |
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| Numbers 4:49 |
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According to the commandment of the LORD 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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