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CHAP. IV.
1. The age and time of the Levites service. 4. The cariage of the Kohathites, when the Priests have taken downe the Tabernacle. 16. The charge of Eleazar. 17. The office of the Priests. 21. The cariage of the Gershonites. 29. The cariage of the Merarites. 34. The number of the Kohathites that served. 38. of the Gershonites, 42. and of the Merarites.
ANd Iehovah spake unto Moses, and [unspec 1] [unspec 2] unto Aaron, saying; Take the summe of the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers. From [unspec 3] thirty yeeres old, and upward, even untill fifty yeeres old, every one that entreth into the armie, to doe the worke in the tent of the congregation. This shall be the service of [unspec 4] the sonnes of Kohath, in the tent of the con∣gregation, the holinesse of holinesses. And [unspec 5] Aaron shall come and his sonnes, when the campe setteth forward; and they shall take downe the Veile of the covering, and cover with it the Arke of the Testimonie. And [unspec 6] they shal put thereon a covering of Tachash skin, and shall spreade a cloth wholly of blew, above; and shall put in the barres thereof. And upon the Table of Shew-bread [unspec 7] they shall spreade a cloth of blew, and put thereon the dishes, and the cups, and the bowles, and the covers to cover withall; and the continuall bread shall be thereon. And [unspec 8] they shall spreade upon them a cloth of scar∣let, and cover it with a covering of Tachash skin, and shall put in the barres thereof. And they shall take a cloth of blew, and co∣ver [unspec 9] the Candlesticke of the light, and the lamps thereof, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffe-dishes thereof, and all the oile ves∣sels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it.
And they shall put it, and all the vessels [unspec 10] thereof, within a covering of Tachash skin, and shall put it upon a staffe. And upon the [unspec 11] Altar of gold they shall spreade a cloth of blew, and cover it with a covering of Ta∣chash skin, and shall put in the barres there∣of. And they shall take all the instruments [unspec 12] of ministerie, wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew, and cover them with a covering of Tachash 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and shall put them on a staffe. And [unspec 13] they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spreade upon it a cloth of purple. And [unspec 14] they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it; the fire-pans, the flesh-hookes, and the shovels, and the basons; all the vessels of the Altar: and they shall spreade upon it a covering of Ta∣chash skin, and put in the barres of it. And [unspec 15] Aaron and his sonnes shall make an end of covering the Sanctuarie, and all the vessels of the Sanctuarie, when the campe is to set forward; and after that, the sonnes of Ko∣hath shall come to beare it; and they shall not touch the holinesse, lest they die: these things shall be the burden of the sonnes of Ko∣hath, in the Tent of the congregation. And [unspec 16] to the oversight of Eleazar the sonne of Aa∣ron the Priest (pertaineth) the oile of the Light, and the incense of sweet spices, and the continuall meat-offering, and the anoin∣ting oile; the oversight of all the Taberna∣cle, and of all that therein is, in the Sanctu∣arie, and in the vessels thereof.
And Iehovah spake unto Moses and unto [unspec 17] [unspec 18] Aaron, saying; Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites. But this doe unto them, that [unspec 19] they may live, and not die, when they ap∣proach unto the holinesse of holinesses: Aa∣ron and his sonnes shall goe in, and appoint them every man unto his service, and to his burden. But they shall not goe in to see [unspec 20] when the Sanctuarie is covered, lest they die.
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And Iehovah spake unto Moses, saying; [unspec 21] [unspec 22] Take the summe of the sonnes of Gershon, of them also; according to the house of their fathers, according to their families. From [unspec 23] thirty yeeres old, and upward, unto fifty yeeres old, shalt thou muster them, every one that entereth to warre the warfare, to serve the service, in the Tent of the congre∣gation. This shall be the service of the fa∣milies [unspec 24] of the Gershonites, to serve, and for the burden. And they shall beare the cur∣taines [unspec 25] of the Tabernacle, and the Tent of the congregation, the covering thereof, and the covering of Tachash skin, that is upon it above, and the hanging veile for the doore of the Tent of the congregation. And the [unspec 26] tapestry hangings of the Court, and the hanging veile for the doore 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; and they shall