5 When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down Ex. 26:31; Heb. 9:3the covering veil and cover the Ex. 25:10, 16ark of the Testimony with it. 6 Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of Ex. 39:1blue; and they shall insert Ex. 25:13; 1 Kin. 8:7, 8its poles.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then Num. 7:9; 10:21; Deut. 31:9; Josh. 4:10; 2 Sam. 6:13; 1 Chr. 15:2, 15the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them;2 Sam. 6:6, 7; 1 Chr. 13:9, 10but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.
"Num. 3:31These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
20 Ex. 19:21; 1 Sam. 6:19But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die."Num. 3:22