And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron And gave them a very solemn and awful charge about this affair of the Kohathites, it being a very hazardous one they were employed in:
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And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp is to set forward, after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it, but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the testimony.
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But unto the care of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be the oil of the light and the aromatic incense and the daily present and the anointing oil and the care of all the tabernacle and of all that is therein, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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Ye shall not cut off the tribe of the families of Kohath from among the Levites,
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but thus do unto them that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the holy of holies: Aaron and his sons shall come and place each one of them in his ministry and to his burden.