Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 4

Num 4:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,
Num 4:2 “Take a census of the sons of Qehath from among the children of
Lĕwi, by their clans, by their fathers’ house,
Num 4:3 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who
enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:4 “This is the service of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting,
the most set-apart matters:
Num 4:5 “At the breaking of camp, Aharon and his sons shall come, and they
shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Witness with it,
Num 4:6 and shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over that
an all-blue wrapper, and shall insert its poles.
Num 4:7 “And on the table of showbread they shall spread a blue wrapper,
and shall put on it the dishes, and the ladles, and the bowls, and the jars for
pouring, and the showbread on it.
Num 4:8 “And they shall spread over them a scarlet wrapper, and cover the
same with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles,
Num 4:9 and shall take a blue wrapper and cover the lampstand of the light,
with its lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, and all its oil vessels, by which
they serve it.
Num 4:10 “And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine
leather, and put it on a bar.
Num 4:11 “And over the golden altar they shall spread a blue wrapper, and
cover it with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles,
Num 4:12 and shall take all the utensils of service with which they serve in
the set-apart place, and shall put them in a blue wrapper, cover them with a
covering of fine leather, and put them on a bar,
Num 4:13 and shall remove the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple
wrapper over it,
Num 4:14 and shall put on it all its utensils by which they serve there: the
fire holders, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, and all the utensils of
the altar, and shall spread on it a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles.
Num 4:15 “And when Aharon and his sons have finished covering the set-
apart objects and all the furnishings of the Set-apart Place at the breaking of
camp, then the sons of Qehath shall come to lift them, but let them not touch
that which is set-apart, lest they die. These matters are the burden of the sons
of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:16 “And the oversight of El‛azar, son of Aharon the priest, is the oil
for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the
anointing oil, and the oversight of all the Dwelling Place and all that is in it,
with the set-apart place and its furnishings.”
Num 4:17 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,
Num 4:18 “Do not cut off the tribe of the clans of the Qehathites from among
the Lĕwites,
Num 4:19 but do this to them, and they shall live and not die when they
approach the most set-apart objects: Aharon and his sons shall go in and
appoint each of them to his service and his burden.
Num 4:20 “They are not, however, to go in to watch while the set-apart
objects are being covered, lest they die.”
Num 4:21 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Num 4:22 “Take a census also of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their fathers’
house, by their clans.
Num 4:23 “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty
years old, all who enter to perform the service, to do the service in the Tent
of Meeting.
Num 4:24 “This is the service of the clans of the Gĕreshonites, in serving
and in bearing burdens:
Num 4:25 “And they shall bear the curtains of the Dwelling Place and the
Tent of Meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is on it, the
covering for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:26 and the screens of the courtyard and the covering for the door of
the gate of the courtyard, which is around the Dwelling Place and altar, and
their cords, all the equipment for their service and all that is made for them –
so shall they serve.
Num 4:27 “Aharon and his sons are to command all the service of the sons
of the Gĕreshonites, all their burden and all their service. And you shall
appoint to them all the duty of all their burden.
Num 4:28 “This is the service of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon in the
Tent of Meeting. And let their duties be under the hand of Ithamar, son of
Aharon the priest.
Num 4:29 “As for the sons of Merari, register them by their clans and by
their fathers’ house.
Num 4:30 “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty
years old, all who enter the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:31 “And this is the duty of their burden, according to all their service
for the Tent of Meeting: the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and
its columns, and its sockets,
Num 4:32 and the columns around the courtyard with their sockets, and their
pegs, and their cords, with all their equipment and all their service. And
assign to each by name the equipment of the duty of their burden.
Num 4:33 “This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, as all their
service for the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the
priest.”
Num 4:34 So Mosheh and Aharon and the leaders of the congregation
registered the sons of the Qehathites by their clans and by their fathers’
house,
Num 4:35 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who
entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.
Num 4:36 And their registered ones, by their clans, were two thousand
seven hundred and fifty.
Num 4:37 These were the registered ones of the clans of the Qehathites, all
those serving in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and Aharon registered
according to the command of יהוה by the hand of Mosheh.
Num 4:38 And those registered ones of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their clans
and by their fathers’ house,
Num 4:39 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who
entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:40 the registered ones, by their clans, by their fathers’ house, were
two thousand six hundred and thirty.
Num 4:41 These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of
Gĕreshon, of all who serve in the Tent of Meeting, whom Mosheh and
Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה.
Num 4:42 And those of the clans of the sons of Merari who were registered,
by their clans, by their fathers’ house,
Num 4:43 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who
entered the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,
Num 4:44 the registered ones, by their clans were three thousand two
hundred.
Num 4:45 These were the registered ones of the clans of the sons of Merari,
whom Mosheh and Aharon registered according to the command of יהוה by
the hand of Mosheh.
Num 4:46 All the registered ones of the Lĕwites, whom Mosheh and Aharon
and the leaders of Yisra’ĕl registered, by their clans and by their fathers’
houses,
Num 4:47 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who
came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent
of Meeting,
Num 4:48 their registered ones were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
Num 4:49 According to the command of יהוה they were registered by the
hand of Mosheh, each according to his service and according to his burden,
thus were they registered by him, as יהוה commanded Mosheh.