1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, 3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: 6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. 7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: 10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar. 11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: 12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith 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: 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: 14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as 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 congregation.
16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: 19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach 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 to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22 Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; 23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: 25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers’ skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 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. 27 At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service 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. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; 30 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. 31 And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, 32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 35 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: 36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 38 And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 40 Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. 41 These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
42 And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, 44 Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. 45 These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. 46 All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, 47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation, 48 Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. 49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD 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 samekoms
26 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 voetstukke
32 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.