Numbers 4:1-8 ▼

1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron:

2 Take a census among the Levites of the Kohathites, by clans and ancestral houses,

3 all between thirty and fifty years of age, who will join the personnel for doing tasks in the tent of meeting.

4 This is the task of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting: the most sacred objects.

5 In breaking camp, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the covenant with it.

6 Over these they shall put a cover of yellow-orange skin, and on top of this spread an all-violet cloth and put the poles in place.

7 On the table of the Presence they shall spread a violet cloth and put on it the plates and cups, as well as the bowls and pitchers for libations; the established bread offering shall remain on the table.

8 Over these they shall spread a scarlet cloth and cover it with a covering of yellow-orange skin, and put the poles in place.