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And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Lift the heads of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

from a son of thirty years and upward, even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the service, to do work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, the Holy of Holies.

Aaron and his sons shall come in, when the camp pulls out, and shall take down the veil of the hanging, and shall cover the ark of the testimony with it.

And he shall put a covering of dugong skins on it, and shall spread a garment entirely of blue on top, and shall put in its staves.

And they shall spread a blue cloth on the table of the showbread, and shall put its dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups of the drink offering, and the continual bread on it.

And they shall spread a cloth of scarlet over them, and shall cover it with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put in its staves.

And he shall take a blue cloth and shall cover the lampstand of the lamp, and its lights, and its tongs, and its firepans, and all its oil vessels with which they minister to it.

And they shall put it and all its vessels into a covering of dugong skin, and shall put it on the bar.

And they shall spread a blue cloth on the golden altar, and shall cover it with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put in its staves.

And they shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and shall put them into a blue cloth, and shall cover them with a covering of dugong skin, and shall put them on the bar.

And they shall remove the ashes of the altar, and shall spread over it a purple cloth;

and shall put on it all its vessels with which they minister around it, the firepans, the hooks, and the shovels, and the bowls, all the vessels of the altar. And they shall spread a covering of dugong skin on it, and shall put in its staves.

And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the sanctuary vessels as the camp pulls up stakes , then afterward the sons of Kohath shall come to bear. And they shall not touch the holy thing, that they may not die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And the oversight of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil of the lamp, and the sweet incense, and the continual food offering, and the anointing oil. He shall oversee all the tabernacle, and all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and its furniture.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites.

But do this to them, and they shall live and not die as they draw near the Holy of Holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and shall appoint them each man to his service, and to his burden.

And they shall not go in to see when the holy thing is covered, that they may not die.