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and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins and shall put
it upon a bar.
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And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins and shall put in the staves thereof;
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and they shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary and put
them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins and shall put
them on a bar.
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And they shall take away the
ashes with the burnt fat from the altar and spread a purple cloth thereon
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and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof with which they minister about it: the censers, the fleshhooks, the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins and put in the staves of it.
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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.
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They shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
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from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them, all that enter in to the host to do work in the tabernacle of the testimony.
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This
shall be the service of the families of Gershon, to minister and to
bear burdens:
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They shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of the testimony, its covering, and the covering of badgers’ skins that is over it above and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the testimony
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and the hangings of the court and the hanging 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 all that is made for them; so shall they serve.
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According to the word of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ministry of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.
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This
is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the testimony, and their charge
shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
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As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the houses of their fathers.
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From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, all that enters into the host, to do work in the tabernacle of the testimony.