1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,3 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: it is most holy.5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall take down the veil of separation and cover the ark of testimony with it;6 and shall put thereon a covering of badgers' skin, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put its staves {to it}.7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue; and put thereon the dishes, and the cups, and the bowls, and goblets of the drink-offering; and the continual bread shall be thereon.8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves {to it}.9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff-trays, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they perform its service;10 and they shall put it and all the utensils thereof within a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put it upon a pole.11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put its staves {to it}.12 And they shall take all the instruments of service, wherewith they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skin, and shall put them upon a pole.13 And they shall cleanse the altar of the ashes, and spread a purple cloth thereon;14 and they shall put upon it all the utensils thereof, wherewith they perform service about it: the firepans, the forks, and the shovels, and the bowls, -all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skin, and put its staves {to it}.15 And when Aaron and his sons have ended covering the sanctuary, and all the utensils of the sanctuary, when the camp setteth forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. This is what the sons of Kohath have to carry in the tent of meeting.16 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have the oversight of the oil for the light, and the fragrant incense, and the continual oblation, and the anointing oil, -the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and of all that is therein, over the sanctuary, and over its furniture.17 And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,18 Ye shall not cut off the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites,19 but this shall ye do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they draw near unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;20 but they shall not go in and see for a moment the holy things, lest they die.21 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, according to their fathers' houses, after their families.23 From thirty years old and upward to fifty years old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the work, to perform the service in the tent of meeting.24 This shall be the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving, and in carrying:25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of badgers' skin that is above upon it, and the curtain of the entrance to the tent of meeting,26 and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the entrance, of the gate of the court, which surroundeth the tabernacle and the altar, and the cords thereof, and all the instruments of their service; and all that is to be done for these things shall they perform.27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their carrying, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their carrying.28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.29 The sons of Merari: after their families, according to their fathers' houses shalt thou number them;30 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the service of the tent of meeting.31 And this shall be 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 bases thereof,32 and the pillars of the court round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords, all their instruments, according to all their service; and by name ye shall number to them the materials which are their charge to carry.33 This 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.34 And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the assembly numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and according to their fathers' houses,35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting.36 And those that were numbered of them according to their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.37 These are they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, every one that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, after their families, and according to their fathers' houses,39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,40 even those that were numbered of them, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah.42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, after their families, according to their fathers' houses,43 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that entered into the labour, for service in the tent of meeting,44 even those that were numbered of them according to their families, were three thousand two hundred.45 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through Moses.46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, after their families and according to their fathers' houses,47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to serve {in} the work of the service, and {in} the work of carrying, in the tent of meeting,48 even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.49 According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by Moses, every one for his service, and for his burden, and numbered by him, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

1 En die HERE het met Moses en A„ron gespreek en gesê:2 Neem die volle getal van die seuns van Kehat op, onder die seuns van Levi uit, volgens hulle geslagte, volgens hulle families,3 van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat dienspligtig is, om werk by die tent van samekoms te verrig.4 Dit sal die dienswerk van die seuns van Kehat by die tent van samekoms wees, naamlik die hoogheilige dinge.5 By die opbreek van die laer moet A„ron en sy seuns kom en die voorhangsel tot bedekking afneem en daarmee die ark van die Getuienis bedek.6 En hulle moet 'n dekkleed van robbevelle daarop sit en 'n doek, heeltemal van pers stof, daar bo-oor uitsprei en sy draaghoute insteek.7 Hulle moet ook oor die toonbroodtafel 'n pers doek uitsprei en daarop neersit die skottels en die rookpanne en die bekers en die drankofferkanne; ook moet die altyd-blywende brood daarop wees.8 Daarna moet hulle 'n skarlaken doek daaroor uitsprei en dit met 'n dekkleed van robbevelle toemaak en sy draaghoute insteek.9 Dan moet hulle 'n pers doek neem en die kandelaar tot verligting bedek, met sy lampe en sy snuiters en sy bakkies en al sy oliekanne waarmee hulle daarby diens doen.10 En hulle moet dit met al sy gereedskap op 'n dekkleed van robbevelle neerlê en dit op die draagbaar sit.11 En oor die goue altaar moet hulle 'n pers doek uitsprei en dit met 'n dekkleed van robbevelle toemaak en sy draaghoute insteek.12 Hulle moet ook al die gereedskap neem waarmee hulle diens in die heiligdom doen, en dit op 'n pers doek neerlê en met 'n dekkleed van robbevelle toemaak en dit op die draagbaar sit.13 En hulle moet die as van die altaar verwyder en daar 'n purper doek oor uitsprei.14 En hulle moet al sy gereedskap daarop neersit waarmee hulle daarby diens doen: die vuurpanne, die vurke en die skoppe en die komme, al die gereedskap van die altaar; en hulle moet daar 'n dekkleed van robbevelle oor uitsprei en sy draaghoute insteek.15 En eers nadat A„ron en sy seuns, by die opbreek van die laer, klaar is met die toemaak van die heiligdom en van al die gereedskap van die heiligdom, moet die seuns van Kehat kom om te dra; maar hulle mag nie aan die heilige dinge raak nie, sodat hulle nie sterwe nie. Hierdie dinge is dit wat die seuns van Kehat moet dra van die tent van samekoms.16 En die toesig van Ele sar, die seun van die priester A„ron, gaan oor die olie vir die kandelaar en die reukwerk van speserye en die voortdurende spysoffer en die salfolie; die toesig oor die hele tabernakel en oor alles wat daarin is: die heiligdom en bybehorende gereedskap.17 En die HERE het met Moses en A„ron gespreek en gesê:18 Sorg dat die stam van die geslagte van die Kehatiete nie onder die Leviete uitgeroei word nie.19 Maar doen vir hulle dit, sodat hulle lewe en nie sterwe nie as hulle na die hoogheilige dinge aankom: A„ron en sy seuns moet ingaan en hulle aanstel elkeen oor sy dienswerk en oor wat hy moet dra.20 Maar hulle moet nie inkom om vir 'n oomblik die heiligdom te sien nie, sodat hulle nie sterwe nie.21 En die HERE het met Moses gespreek en gesê:22 Neem die volle getal op ook van die seuns van Gerson volgens hulle families, volgens hulle geslagte.23 Jy moet hulle tel van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat verplig is om diens te doen, om dienswerk te verrig by die tent van samekoms.24 Dit sal die dienswerk van die geslagte van die Gersoniete wees by die diens en by die vervoer:25 hulle moet die tentdoeke van die tabernakel dra, ook die tent van samekoms, sy dekkleed en die dekkleed van robbevelle wat daar bo-oor is, en die bedekking vir die ingang van die tent van samekoms26 en die behangsels van die voorhof en die bedekking vir die ingang van die poort van die voorhof wat rondom die tabernakel en die altaar is, en hulle lyne sowel as al die gereedskap wat by die bediening daarvan behoort; en alles wat daarvoor gedoen moet word, moet hulle verrig.27 Die hele dienswerk van die seuns van die Gersoniete -- alles wat hulle moet dra en hulle hele diens -- moet wees volgens die bevel van A„ron en sy seuns; en julle moet hulle al hulle drawerk aanwys om dit waar te neem.28 Dit is die dienswerk vir die geslagte van die seuns van die Gersoniete by die tent van samekoms; en wat hulle te besorg het, moet plaasvind onder leiding van Itamar, die seun van die priester A„ron.29 Wat aangaan die seuns van Mer ri -- die moet jy tel volgens hulle geslagte, volgens hulle families.30 Jy moet hulle tel van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat dienspligtig is, om die dienswerk van die tent van samekoms te verrig.31 En dit is wat by hulle drawerk besorg moet word, hulle hele dienswerk by die tent van samekoms: die style van die tabernakel met sy dwarshoute en sy pilare en sy voetstukke32 en die pilare van die voorhof rondom met hulle voetstukke en hulle penne en hulle lyne -- al die gereedskap sowel as alles wat by die bediening daarvan behoort. En die gereedskap wat by hulle drawerk besorg moet word, moet julle met die naam aanwys.33 Dit is die dienswerk vir die geslagte van die seuns van Mer ri, hulle hele diens by die tent van samekoms onder leiding van Itamar, die seun van die priester A„ron.34 En Moses en A„ron en die owerstes van die vergadering het die seuns van die Kehatiete getel volgens hulle geslagte en volgens hulle families;35 van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat dienspligtig was insake die dienswerk by die tent van samekoms.36 En hulle geteldes was volgens hulle geslagte twee duisend sewe honderd en vyftig.37 Dit is die geteldes van die geslagte van die Kehatiete, almal wat by die tent van samekoms gedien het, wat Moses en A„ron volgens die bevel van die HERE deur die diens van Moses getel het.38 En die geteldes van die seuns van Gerson volgens hulle geslagte en volgens hulle families,39 van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat dienspligtig was insake die dienswerk by die tent van samekoms --40 hulle geteldes was volgens hulle geslagte, volgens hulle families, twee duisend ses honderd en dertig.41 Dit is die geteldes van die geslagte van Gerson se seuns, almal wat by die tent van samekoms gedien het, wat Moses en A„ron volgens die bevel van die HERE getel het.42 En die geteldes van die geslagte van Mer ri se seuns volgens hulle geslagte, volgens hulle families,43 van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat dienspligtig was insake die dienswerk by die tent van samekoms --44 hulle geteldes was volgens hulle geslagte drie duisend twee honderd.45 Dit is die geteldes van die geslagte van Mer ri se seuns wat Moses en A„ron volgens die bevel van die HERE deur die diens van Moses getel het.46 Al die getelde Leviete wat Moses en A„ron en die owerstes van Israel getel het, volgens hulle geslagte en volgens hulle families,47 van dertig jaar oud en daarbo, tot vyftig jaar, almal wat dienspligtig was om dienswerk te verrig en die werk van vervoer by die tent van samekoms --48 hulle geteldes was agt duisend vyf honderd en tagtig.49 Volgens die bevel van die HERE deur tussenkoms van Moses is hulle aangewys elkeen vir sy diens en vir sy drawerk; naamlik die geteldes, soos die HERE Moses beveel het.