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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Numbers 4 WEB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEB</a> > Numbers 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/3.htm" title="Numbers 3">◄</a> Numbers 4 <a href="../numbers/5.htm" title="Numbers 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">World English Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/kjv/heb/numbers/4.shtml"> [Par] </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Duties of the Kohathites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#27">Numbers 3:27-32</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#34">Numbers 4:34-37</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/23.htm#12">1 Chronicles 23:12-20</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>put a covering of sealskin on it, spread a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“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. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“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.” </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.” </p> <a name="21" id="21"></a><p class="hdg">Duties of the Gershonites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#21">Numbers 3:21-26</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#38">Numbers 4:38-41</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/23.htm#7">1 Chronicles 23:7-11</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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. </p> <a name="29" id="29"></a><p class="hdg">Duties of the Merarites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#33">Numbers 3:33-37</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#42">Numbers 4:42-49</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/23.htm#21">1 Chronicles 23:21-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>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.” </p> <a name="34" id="34"></a><p class="hdg">The Number of the Kohathites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#27">Numbers 3:27-32</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm">Numbers 4:1-20</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/23.htm#12">1 Chronicles 23:12-20</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>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. </p> <a name="38" id="38"></a><p class="hdg">The Number of the Gershonites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#21">Numbers 3:21-26</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#21">Numbers 4:21-28</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/23.htm#7">1 Chronicles 23:7-11</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>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. </p> <a name="42" id="42"></a><p class="hdg">The Number of the Merarites<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../numbers/3.htm#33">Numbers 3:33-37</a>; <a href="../numbers/4.htm#29">Numbers 4:29-33</a>; <a href="../1_chronicles/23.htm#21">1 Chronicles 23:21-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>even those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>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. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-46.htm"><b>46</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-47.htm"><b>47</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-48.htm"><b>48</b></a></span>even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/4-49.htm"><b>49</b></a></span>According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. 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