1Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
2“Take a census of the Kohathites among the…
3men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who…
4This service of the Kohathites at the Tent…
5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his…
6They are to place over this a covering…
7Over the table of the Presence they are…
8And they shall spread a scarlet cloth over…
9They are to take a blue cloth and…
10Then they shall wrap it and all its…
11Over the gold altar they are to spread…
12They are to take all the utensils for…
13Then they shall remove the ashes from the…
14and place on it all the vessels used…
15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering…
16Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee…
17Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
18“Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to…
19In order that they may live and not…
20But the Kohathites are not to go in…
21And the LORD said to Moses,
22“Take a census of the Gershonites as well,…
23from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone…
24This is the service of the Gershonite clans…
25They are to carry the curtains of the…
26the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains…
27All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport…
28This is the service of the Gershonite clans…
29As for the sons of Merari, you are…
30from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone…
31This is the duty for all their service…
32and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with…
33This is the service of the Merarite clans…
34So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the…
35everyone from thirty to fifty years old who…
36And those numbered by their clans totaled 2,750.
37These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone…
38Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans…
39everyone from thirty to fifty years old who…
40And those numbered by their clans and families…
41These were counted from the Gershonite clans who…
42And the Merarites were numbered by their clans…
43everyone from thirty to fifty years old who…
44The men registered by their clans numbered 3,200.
45These were counted from the Merarite clans, whom…
46So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel…
47from thirty to fifty years old who came…
48And the number of men was 8,580.
49At the LORD’s command through Moses they were…
