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16 And over them shall be Eleazar the son 28 This is the service of the family of the Ger-
of Aaron the priest, to whose charge pertaineth sonites in the tabernacle of the covenant, and
the oil to dress the lamps, and the sweet incense, they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son
and the sacrifice, that is always offered, and the of Aaron the priest.
oil of unction, and whatsoever pertaineth to the 29 Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari
service of the tabernacle, and of all the vessels also by the families and houses of their fathers,
that are in the sanctuary. 30 From thirty years old and upward, unto
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their
saying: ministry, and to the service of the covenant of
18 Destroy not the people of Caath from the the testimony.
midst of the Levites: 31 These are their burdens: They shall carry
19 But do this to them, that they may live, the boards of the tabernacle and the bars
and not die, by touching the holies of holies. thereof, the pillars and their sockets,
Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall 32 The pillars also of the court round about,
appoint every man his work, and shall divide the with their sockets and pins and cords. They shall
burdens that every man is to carry. receive by account all the vessels and furniture,
and so shall carry them.
20 Let not others by any curiosity see the
33 This is the office of the family of the Mer-
things that are in the sanctuary before they be
arites, and their ministry in the tabernacle of the
wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.
covenant: and they shall be under the hand of
21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
22 Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also by
34 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the
their houses and families and kindreds.
synagogue reckoned up the sons of Caath, by
23 From thirty years old and upward, unto
their kindreds and the houses of their fathers,
fifty years old. Number them all that go in and
35 From thirty years old and upward, unto
minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.
fifty years old, all that go in to the ministry of
24 This is the office of the family of the Ger- the tabernacle of the covenant:
sonites: 36 And they were found two thousand seven
25 To carry the curtains of the tabernacle and hundred and fifty.
the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and 37 This is the number of the people of Caath
the violet covering over all, and the hanging that that go in to the tabernacle of the covenant:
hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the these did Moses and Aaron number according
covenant, to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
26 The curtains of the court, and the veil in 38 The sons of Gerson also were numbered by
the entry that is before tabernacle. All things the kindreds and houses of their fathers,
that pertain to the altar, the cords and the ves- 39 From thirty years old and upward, unto
sels of the ministry, fifty years old, all that go in to minister in the
27 The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the com- tabernacle of the covenant:
mandment of Aaron and his sons: and each man 40 And they were found two thousand six hun-
shall know to what burden he must be assigned. dred and thirty.