1 O Senhor Deus disse a Moisés:
2 — Faça a contagem dos levitas descendentes de Coate, por grupos de famílias e por famílias. 3 E registre todos os homens de trinta a cinquenta anos de idade que tiverem capacidade para trabalhar na Tenda Sagrada. 4 O serviço dos coatitas na Tenda é o de cuidar das coisas santíssimas.
5 — Quando o acampamento for desarmado, Arão e os seus filhos entrarão na Tenda, tirarão a cortina que está em frente da arca da aliança e cobrirão a arca com ela. 6 Eles porão em cima dela uma coberta feita de peles finas e sobre essa coberta estenderão um pano azul; e depois enfiarão os cabos nas argolas da arca.
7 — Eles estenderão um pano azul em cima da mesa onde são colocados os pães oferecidos ao Senhor e colocarão sobre ela os pratos, as taças de incenso, as taças das ofertas e os jarros para as ofertas de vinho. Em cima da mesa sempre deverá haver pão. 8 Depois estenderão por cima de tudo isso um pano vermelho. E por cima desse pano colocarão a coberta feita de peles finas; em seguida enfiarão os cabos nas argolas da mesa.
9 — Pegarão um pano azul e cobrirão o candelabro com as suas lamparinas, as tesouras de cortar pavios de lamparinas, os apagadores e as vasilhas necessárias para distribuir o azeite. 10 Depois embrulharão tudo isso numa coberta feita de peles finas e colocarão sobre os cabos para carregar. 11 Em cima do altar de ouro estenderão um pano azul e por cima colocarão uma coberta feita de peles finas. Em seguida enfiarão os cabos nas argolas do altar. 12 Depois pegarão todos os objetos usados no Lugar Santo, embrulharão num pano azul, cobrirão com uma coberta feita de peles finas e os colocarão sobre os cabos para carregá-los.
13 — Eles tirarão as cinzas do altar e estenderão por cima dele um pano vermelho. 14 Colocarão sobre ele todos os objetos usados no serviço do altar: os braseiros, os garfos, as pás e as bacias. E por cima estenderão uma coberta feita de peles finas. Em seguida colocarão os cabos nas argolas do altar. 15 Quando o acampamento for desarmado, os descendentes de Coate virão para pegar os objetos sagrados somente depois que Arão e os seus filhos tiverem acabado de cobrir a Tenda e todos os seus objetos. O grupo de famílias de Coate não deverá tocar nos objetos sagrados; se fizerem isso, eles morrerão .
— São essas as coisas da Tenda que o grupo de famílias de Coate deverá levar.
16 — Eleazar, filho do sacerdote Arão, será o responsável pela Tenda e pelo azeite das lamparinas, pelo incenso, pelas ofertas de cereais e pelo azeite de ungir. Será ele mesmo o responsável pela Tenda e por todos os seus objetos.
17 O Senhor Deus disse a Moisés e a Arão:
18 — Não deixem que as famílias de Coate morram 19 por chegarem perto desses objetos sagrados. Para evitar que isso aconteça, Arão e os seus filhos entrarão na Tenda e dirão a cada homem o que fazer e o que carregar. 20 Porém os coatitas não deverão entrar, nem por um instante, para ver as coisas santas; se fizerem isso, eles morrerão.
21 O Senhor Deus disse ainda a Moisés:
22 — Faça a contagem dos descendentes de Gérson, por grupos de famílias e por famílias. 23 E registre todos os homens de trinta a cinquenta anos de idade que tiverem capacidade para trabalhar na Tenda Sagrada. 24 O serviço dos gersonitas é trabalhar na Tenda e carregar cargas. 25 Eles levarão a Tenda, as coberturas de dentro e de fora, a coberta de peles finas e a cortina da entrada. 26 Levarão também as cortinas do pátio, a cortina da porta do pátio que está ao redor da Tenda e do altar, as suas cordas e todos os objetos que precisam para o seu trabalho. 27 Todo o serviço dos gersonitas, o que eles deverão levar e fazer, estará debaixo das ordens de Arão e dos seus filhos. Estes darão ordens a respeito de tudo o que eles devem carregar. 28 É esse o serviço que o grupo de famílias de Gérson fará na Tenda; o serviço será dirigido por Itamar, filho do sacerdote Arão.
29 O Senhor disse também a Moisés:
— Faça a contagem dos descendentes de Merari, por famílias e por grupos de famílias, 30 e registre todos os homens de trinta a cinquenta anos de idade que tiverem capacidade para trabalhar na Tenda Sagrada. 31 O que terão de levar, de acordo com o serviço deles na Tenda, é o seguinte: as tábuas, os cabos, as colunas e as bases da Tenda; 32 as colunas do pátio que fica ao redor da Tenda, as suas bases, as estacas e as cordas, com todos os seus objetos e com tudo o que pertence ao seu serviço. Entregue a cada homem uma lista das coisas que ele deve levar. 33 É essa a responsabilidade do grupo de famílias de Merari, de acordo com o serviço deles na Tenda. Esse serviço será dirigido por Itamar, filho do sacerdote Arão.
34-48 Conforme o Senhor havia ordenado, Moisés, Arão e os líderes do povo fizeram a contagem dos três grupos de famílias levitas, isto é, de Coate, de Gérson e de Merari. Eles fizeram isso por grupos menores de famílias e por famílias e registraram todos os homens de trinta a cinquenta anos de idade que tinham capacidade para trabalhar na Tenda Sagrada. O número de coatitas foi de dois mil setecentos e cinquenta homens; de gersonitas, dois mil seiscentos e trinta; e de meraritas, três mil e duzentos. O total de todos eles foi de oito mil quinhentos e oitenta homens.
49 Os nomes desses homens foram colocados numa lista, como o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés. E Moisés disse a cada um qual seria a sua tarefa ou qual a carga que devia carregar. A contagem foi feita de acordo com as instruções que o Senhor tinha dado a Moisés.
1 And the LORD spoke 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 houses of their fathers,
3 from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do work in the tabernacle of the testimony.
4 This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the testimony, in the holy of holies:
5 When the camp is to be moved, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil 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 entirely of blue and shall put in the staves thereof.
7 And upon the table of showbread 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 its lamps and its tongs and its snuffdishes and all the oil vessels thereof with which 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 in the staves thereof;
12 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.
13 And they shall take away the [ashes with the burnt] fat from the altar and spread a purple cloth thereon
14 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.
15 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.
16 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.
17 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18 Ye shall not cut off the tribe of the families of Kohath from among the Levites,
19 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.
20 They shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.
21 And the LORD spoke 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 the host to do work in the tabernacle of the testimony.
24 This [shall be] the service of the families of Gershon, to minister and to [bear] burdens:
25 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
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 According to the word of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ministry of the sons of the Gershon, 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 testimony, 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 houses of their fathers.
30 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.
31 And this [shall be] the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the testimony: 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 stakes and their cords with all their instruments and with all their service; and ye shall number by name the vessels of the charge of their burden.
33 This [shall be] the service of the families of the sons of Merari for all their ministry, in the tabernacle of the testimony, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
34 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of Kohath after their families and after the houses of their fathers,
35 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.
36 And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37 These were the numbered of the families of Kohath, all that minister in the tabernacle of the testimony, whom Moses and Aaron numbered 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 houses of their fathers,
39 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to minister in the tabernacle of the testimony,
40 those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the houses of their fathers, were two thousand six hundred and thirty.
41 These were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that minister in the tabernacle of the testimony, whom Moses and Aaron numbered 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 houses of their fathers,
43 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to minister in the tabernacle of the testimony,
44 those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand two hundred.
45 These [were] 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 princes of Israel numbered, after their families and after the houses of their fathers,
47 from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to serve in the service and to [bear] a burden in the tabernacle of the testimony,
48 those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49 As the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, they were numbered, each one according to his ministry and according to his burden; thus were they numbered of Moses, as the LORD commanded him.: