Numbers 4:1

Duties of the Kohathites

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Numbers 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses, and unto Aaron
After they had taken the number of the Levites, and made an exchange of the firstborn of Israel for them; and now they are ordered to number them a second time, and take out from them such as were fit for service:

saying;
as follows.

Numbers 4:1 In-Context

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

2 "Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

3 men from 30 years old to 50 years old-everyone who is qualified to do work at the tent of meeting.

4 "The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

5 Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening veil, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.