Numbers 4
New Life Version
The Work of the Sons of Kohath
4 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 2 “Number the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi. Number them by their families, by the fathers’ houses, 3 from thirty years old and older, even to fifty years old. Number all who are able to do the work in the meeting tent. 4 This is the work of the sons of Kohath in the meeting tent to do with the most holy things. 5 When the people leave to move on, Aaron and his sons will go in and take down the curtain in front of the special box with the Law inside. And they will cover the special box with it. 6 Then they will lay a covering of badgers’ skins on it, and spread a pure blue cloth over that. And they will put in the long pieces of wood to carry it. 7 They will spread a blue cloth over the table of the bread before the Lord. They will put on it the plates, the dishes for special perfume, the pots, and the jars for the drink gift. And the bread will be on it always. 8 They will spread a red cloth over them, and cover that with badgers’ skins. And they will put in its long pieces of wood to carry it. 9 They will take a blue cloth and cover the lamp-stand for the light, with its lamps, its objects to put out the light, its dishes and all its pots of oil used for the light. 10 They will put the lamp-stand and all its objects in a covering of badgers’ skins. Then they will put it on the long pieces of wood used to carry it. 11 They will spread a blue cloth over the altar of gold, and cover it with badgers’ skins. And they will put in the long pieces of wood to carry it. 12 They will take all the things used for the work done in the meeting tent. They will put them in a blue cloth and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins. And they will put them on the long pieces of wood to carry them. 13 Then they will take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 They will put on it all the things used for the work done on the altar: the fire-holders, meat-hooks, objects for picking up the ashes, and the pots. Then they will spread a covering of badgers’ skins over it, and put in the long pieces of wood for carrying it. 15 Aaron and his sons will finish covering the holy objects and all the things of the meeting tent, as the people move on. After that the sons of Kohath will come to carry them. In this way they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the meeting tent which the sons of Kohath are to carry. 16 Eleazar the son of Aaron the religious leader will take care of the oil for the light, the special perfume, the grain gift which is always given, and the oil for holy use. He will watch over all the meeting tent and all that is in it, the holy place and its objects.”
17 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 18 “Do not let the family group of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites. 19 But do this to them so they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects. Aaron and his sons must go in and give each of them their work and what they are to carry. 20 But they must not go in to see the holy objects even for a short time, or they will die.”
The Work of the Sons of Gershon
21 The Lord said to Moses, 22 “Number the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families. 23 Number those who are thirty years old and older, to fifty years old, all who go in to do the work in the meeting tent. 24 These are the duties of the families of the Gershonites, in working and in carrying. 25 They will carry the curtains of the meeting tent and the meeting tent with its covering and the covering of badgers’ skins that is over it. They will carry the curtain for the door of the meeting tent, 26 the curtains of the open space, and the curtain for the gate of the open space which is around the meeting tent and the altar. And they will carry the ropes for the curtains, and all the things used for their work. They will do whatever needs to be done with them. 27 All the work of the sons of the Gershonites will be what Aaron and his sons tell them to do. They will tell them what they are to carry and what work they are to do. You will tell them what things they have a duty to carry. 28 This is the work to be done by the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the meeting tent. Ithamar the son of Aaron the religious leader will watch over their duties.
The Work of the Sons of Merari
29 “As for the sons of Merari, number them by their families and by their fathers’ houses. 30 Number those who are thirty years old and older, to fifty years old, everyone who goes in to do the work of the meeting tent. 31 This is what they are to carry for their work in the meeting tent: the wood pieces of the meeting tent, its cross pieces, pillars and its bases. 32 And they are to carry the pillars which are around the open space and their bases and their nails and ropes, with all the things used for their work. You will tell each man by name what he is to carry. 33 This is the work of the families of the sons of Merari, all their work in the meeting tent. Ithamar the son of Aaron the religious leader will watch over their duties.”
The Levites Are Numbered
34 So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the people numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ houses. 35 They numbered those who were thirty years old and older, to fifty years old, everyone who went in to do the work in the meeting tent. 36 And their number by families was 2,750. 37 These are the numbered men of the Kohathite families, everyone who worked in the meeting tent. Moses and Aaron numbered them as the Lord told them to do through Moses.
38 The sons of Gershon were numbered, by their families and their fathers’ houses, 39 from thirty years old to fifty years old. Everyone who went in to do the work in the meeting tent was numbered. 40 And the number of their men by their families and by their fathers’ houses was 2,630. 41 These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who were working in the meeting tent. Moses and Aaron numbered them as the Lord told them to do.
42 The men of the families of the sons of Merari were numbered, by their families and their fathers’ houses, 43 from thirty years old to fifty years old. Everyone who went in to do the work in the meeting tent was numbered. 44 And the number of their men by their families was 3,200. 45 These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari. Moses and Aaron numbered them as the Lord told them to do through Moses.
46 Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered all the men of the Levites by their families and their fathers’ houses, 47 from thirty years old to fifty years old. Everyone who could go in to do the work and the carrying of the meeting tent was numbered. 48 And the number of their men was 8,580. 49 They were each given their work and load to carry, as the Lord told them to do through Moses. So these were his numbered men, just as the Lord had told Moses.
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4 И Господ каза на Мойсей и Аарон: 2 „Преброй Каатовите потомци сред левитите според родовете им, според бащините им домове, 3 от тридесет години нагоре до петдесет години, всички, които са способни да изпълняват задълженията при служенето в скинията на събранието. 4 Ето службата на Каатовите потомци в скинията на събранието – да носят Светая Светих.
5 Когато станът трябва да се вдигне за път, Аарон и синовете му да влязат, да снемат закриващата завеса и да покрият с нея ковчега на откровението; 6 върху него да сложат покривало от делфинови кожи, а над него да разпрострат син плат и да проврат прътовете му. 7 Върху трапезата за хлябовете на предложението да разпрострат син плат и да наредят отгоре блюдата, паниците, чашите и съдовете за възлияние; постоянните хлябове също да бъдат на нея; 8 и да разпрострат върху тях червен плат, да сложат върху него покривало от делфинови кожи и да проврат прътовете му. 9 После да вземат син плат и да покрият светилника и кадилницата му, щипците му, подставките му и всички съдове за елей, с които си служат при него; 10 да разпрострат върху него и всичките му принадлежности покривало от делфинови кожи и да го поставят на носилка. 11 А върху златния жертвеник да разпрострат син плат, да го покрият с покривало от делфинови кожи и да проврат прътите му. 12 Да вземат всички прибори за служене, с които си служат в светилището, да ги обвият в син плат, да ги покрият с покривало от делфинови кожи и да ги поставят на носилка. 13 Като очистят жертвеника от пепелта, да го покрият с пурпурен плат 14 и да поставят върху него всички прибори, с които извършват служенето при него: въгленици, вилици, лопатки, чаши – всички прибори на жертвеника; върху тях да разпрострат покривало от делфинови кожи и да проврат прътите му. 15 Когато станът трябва да се вдигне за път и Аарон и синовете му покрият цялото светилище и всички свещени прибори, тогава Каатовите потомци да пристъпят, за да ги носят; но те не трябва да се докосват до светилището, за да не умрат. Това са вещите от скинията на събранието, които трябва да носят Каатовите потомци.
16 (A)На Елеазар, сина на Аарон, се поверяват елеят на светилника, благоуханният тамян, постоянният хлебен принос и елеят за помазване; поверява му се надзорът над цялата скиния и на всичко в нея – над светилището и принадлежностите му.“
17 И каза Господ на Мойсей и Аарон: 18 „Не погубвайте измежду левитите племето на Каатовите родове; 19 за да останат живи и да не умрат, когато пристъпват към Светая Светих, ето какво трябва да сторите: ‘Аарон и синовете му да влизат, за да показват на всеки от тях как да служи и какво да носи; 20 но те самите няма да влизат и нито за миг няма да видят светинята, за да не умрат’.“
21 Тогава Господ каза на Мойсей: 22 „Преброй и Гирсоновите синове според бащините им домове и според родовете им, 23 от тридесет години нагоре до петдесет години, способни да служат, за да извършват служенето при скинията на събранието. 24 Ето задълженията на Гирсоновите потомци при служенето и при носенето на товари: 25 да носят платнищата на скинията и скинията на събранието, покрива ѝ, покривалото от делфинови кожи, което е върху него, завесата от входа на скинията на събранието, 26 дворните завеси, завесата от входа на двора, който е около скинията и жертвеника, въжетата им и всичките им принадлежности; всичко, което трябва да се върши за тези неща, е тяхно задължение. 27 Цялото служене на Гирсоновите потомци при носене на товари или при други задължения винаги да се извършва по заповед на Аарон и на синовете му; на тях поверявайте всичко, което те са длъжни да носят. 28 Това са службите на Гирсоновите потомци в скинията на събранието; тяхното служене да бъде под надзора на Итамар, син на свещеника Аарон.
29 Преброй Мерариевите синове според родовете им, според бащините им домове, 30 от тридесет години и нагоре до петдесет години, преброй всички, способни да служат, за да извършват служенето при скинията на събранието. 31 Ето какво са длъжни да носят те, когато служат при скинията на събранието: дъските на скинията, напречните ѝ греди, стълбовете ѝ, подложките ѝ, 32 а също стълбовете около двора, подложките им, колчетата им, въжетата им и всички вещи, необходими за това служене; определете им всяко нещо, което те са длъжни да носят. 33 Това са службите на Мерариевите потомци, всичките им задължения при скинията на събранието, под надзора на Итамар, сина на Аарон.“
34 Тогава Мойсей и Аарон и предводителите на обществото преброиха Каатовите синове според родовете им и според семействата им, 35 от тридесет години и нагоре до петдесет години, всички, способни да служат, за да извършват служенето при скинията на събранието. 36 Преброените от тях според родовете им бяха две хиляди седемстотин и петдесет души. 37 Това са преброените Каатови потомци, всички служещи при скинията на събранието, които Мойсей и Аарон преброиха, както Господ заповяда чрез Мойсей. 38 Преброени бяха и Гирсоновите синове според родовете им и според семействата им, 39 от тридесет години и нагоре до петдесет години, всички, способни да служат, за да извършват служенето при скинията на събранието. 40 Преброените от тях според родовете им, според семействата им бяха две хиляди шестстотин и тридесет души. 41 Това са преброените от родовете на Гирсоновите синове, всички служещи при скинията на събранието, които Мойсей и Аарон преброиха по заповед на Господа.
42 Преброени бяха и родовете на Мерариевите синове според родовете им, според семействата им, 43 от тридесет години и нагоре до петдесет години, всички, способни да служат, за да извършват служенето при скинията на събранието. 44 Преброените от тях според родовете им бяха три хиляди и двеста души. 45 Това са преброените от родовете на Мерариевите синове, които Мойсей и Аарон преброиха, както Господ заповяда чрез Мойсей.
46 Така всички, преброени от левитите, които Мойсей и Аарон и предводителите на Израил преброиха според родовете им и според семействата им, 47 от тридесет години и нагоре до петдесет години, всички, способни да служат и да носят товари в скинията на събранието, 48 бяха общо на брой осем хиляди петстотин и осемдесет. 49 По заповед на Господа чрез Мойсей всеки от тях бе определен за своето служене и товар и бяха преброени, както Господ заповяда на Мойсей.
Numbers 4
New King James Version
Duties of the Sons of Kohath
4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 “Take a census of the sons of (A)Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ house, 3 (B)from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.
4 (C)“This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to (D)the most holy things: 5 When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down (E)the covering veil and cover the (F)ark of the Testimony with it. 6 Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of (G)blue; and they shall insert (H)its poles.
7 “On the (I)table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the [a]pitchers for pouring; and the (J)showbread[b] shall be on it. 8 They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. 9 And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the (K)lampstand of the light, (L)with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it. 10 Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.
11 “Over (M)the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. 12 Then they shall take all the (N)utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam. 13 Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the [c]basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then (O)the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; (P)but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.
“(Q)These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
16 “The appointed duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is (R)the oil for the light, the (S)sweet incense, (T)the daily grain offering, the (U)anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”
17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 18 “Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 19 but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach (V)the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and [d]appoint each of them to his service and his task. 20 (W)But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.”
Duties of the Sons of Gershon
21 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 22 “Also take a census of the sons of (X)Gershon, by their fathers’ house, by their families. 23 (Y)From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. 24 This is the (Z)service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying: 25 (AA)They shall carry the (AB)curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of (AC)badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, 26 the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve.
27 “Aaron and his sons shall [e]assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall [f]appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be (AD)under the [g]authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
Duties of the Sons of Merari
29 “As for the sons of (AE)Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house. 30 (AF)From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. 31 And (AG)this is (AH)what they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: (AI)the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 32 and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall (AJ)assign to each man by name the items he must carry. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting, under the [h]authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”
Census of the Levites
34 (AK)And Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ house, 35 from thirty (AL)years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting; 36 and those who were numbered by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were the ones who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who might serve in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
38 And those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families and by their fathers’ house, 39 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting— 40 those who were numbered by their families, by their fathers’ house, were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 (AM)These are the ones who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all who might serve in the tabernacle of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.
42 Those of the families of the sons of Merari who were numbered, by their families, by their fathers’ [i]house, 43 from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tabernacle of meeting— 44 those who were numbered by their families were three thousand two hundred. 45 These are the ones who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered (AN)according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
46 All who were (AO)numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers’ houses, 47 (AP)from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, everyone who came to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tabernacle of meeting— 48 those who were numbered were eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49 According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, (AQ)each according to his service and according to his task; thus were they numbered by him, (AR)as the Lord commanded Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 4:7 jars for the drink offering
- Numbers 4:7 Lit. continual bread
- Numbers 4:14 bowls
- Numbers 4:19 assign
- Numbers 4:27 command
- Numbers 4:27 assign
- Numbers 4:28 Lit. hand
- Numbers 4:33 Lit. hand
- Numbers 4:42 household
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