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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers` houses,
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from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter on the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
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This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, [about] the most holy things:
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when the camp sets forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it,
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and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the poles of it.
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On the table of show bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be thereon:
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and they shall spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the poles of it.
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They shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the lampstand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all the oil vessels of it, with which they minister to it:
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and they shall put it and all the vessels of it within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
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On the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the poles of it:
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and they shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
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They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
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and they shall put on it all the vessels of it, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh-hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in the poles of it.
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When Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear 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.
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The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the continual meal-offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tent, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the furniture of it.
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Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
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Don`t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
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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;
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but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.