Num 4:4-20 | NASB2020 | STEP | This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting , concerning the most holy things .

Numbers 4:4-20

4 This is the work of the ^{▼▼Lit sons}descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things.

5 “When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down ^bthe veil of the curtain, and cover the ^cark of the testimony with it; 6 and they shall place a ^dcovering of ^{▼▼Meaning of the Heb uncertain, and so throughout the ch}fine leather on it, and spread over it a cloth of pure ^{▼▼Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch}violet, and insert its carrying poles. 7 Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of violet and put on it the dishes, the pans, the sacrificial bowls, and the jugs for the drink offering; and ^gthe continual bread shall be on it. 8 And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles. 9 Then they shall take a violet cloth and cover the ^hlampstand for the light, ⁱalong with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all its oil containers, by which they attend to it; 10 and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on the carrying ^{▼▼Or frame}bars. 11 Over the golden altar they shall spread a violet cloth, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and they shall insert its carrying poles; 12 and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a violet cloth and cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on the carrying ^{▼▼Or frame}bars. 13 Then they shall clean away the ^{▼▼Or fatty ashes; i.e., soaked with fat}ashes from the ^maltar, and spread a purple cloth over it. 14 They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they serve in connection with it: the firepans, the forks, shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of fine leather over it and insert its carrying poles. 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them by the poles, so that they will not touch the holy objects ⁿand die. These are the ^{▼▼Lit burden...of the sons}things in the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

16 “Now the responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is ^pthe oil for the light, the ^qfragrant incense, ^rthe continual grain offering, and ^sthe anointing oil--the responsibility of all the ^{▼▼Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch}tabernacle and everything that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

17 Then the Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 18 “Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be eliminated from among the Levites. 19 Rather, do this for them so that they will live and ^unot die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load; 20 but ^vthey shall not come in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die.”