1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, 3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
4 "This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things. 5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it, 6 put a covering of sealskin on it, spread a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles.
7 "On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it. 8 They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
9 "They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it. 10 They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.
11 "On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
12 "They shall take all the vessels of ministry with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
13 "They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it. 14 They shall put on it all its vessels with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the meat hooks, the shovels, and the basins—all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
15 "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
16 "The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."
17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 "Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 19 but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden; 20 but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."
21 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 22 "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families; 23 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
24 "This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: 25 they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, 26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there. 27 At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses; 30 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting. 31 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 32 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name. 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 Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, 35 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting. 36 Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty. 37 These are those who were counted of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
38 Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, 39 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, 40 even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty. 41 These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh.
42 Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, 43 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, 44 even those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred. 45 These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
46 All those who were counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by their families and by their fathers’ houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting, 48 even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty. 49 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as Yahweh 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.