4:17And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 4:18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 4:19but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden; 4:20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
4:21And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 4:22Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families; 4:23from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. 4:24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: 4:25they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, 4:26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them: therein shall they serve. 4:27At 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 ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. 4:28This 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.
4:29As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses; 4:30from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting. 4:31And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, 4:32and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden. 4:33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
4:34And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 4:35from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting: 4:36and those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 4:37These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses. 4:38And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses, 4:39from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 4:40even those that were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 4:41These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.
4:42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, 4:43from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, 4:44even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 4:45These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah by Moses.
4:46All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, 4:47from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, 4:48even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 4:49According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as Jehovah commanded Moses.
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