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The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
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"Count the Kohathites among the Levites by family groups and families.
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Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who come to serve in the Meeting Tent.
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"The Kohathites are responsible for the most holy things in the Meeting Tent.
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When the Israelites are ready to move, Aaron and his sons must go into the Holy Tent, take down the curtain, and cover the Ark of the Agreement with it.
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Over this they must put a covering made from fine leather, then spread the solid blue cloth over that, and put the poles in place.
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"Then they must spread a blue cloth over the table for the bread that shows a person is in God's presence. They must put the plates, pans, bowls, and the jars for drink offerings on the table; they must leave the bread that is always there on the table.
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Then they must put a red cloth over all of these things, cover everything with fine leather, and put the poles in place.
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"With a blue cloth they must cover the lampstand, its lamps, its wick trimmers, its trays, and all the jars for the oil used in the lamps.
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Then they must wrap everything in fine leather and put all these things on a frame for carrying them.
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"They must spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, cover it with fine leather, and put the poles in place.