Numbers 4:4–20

⁴This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about ^bthe most holy things: ⁵and when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down ^cthe covering vail, and cover the ^dark of Testimony with it: ⁶and shall put thereon ^ethe covering of badgers’ skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in ^fthe staves thereof. ⁷And upon the ^gtable of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: ⁸and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put in ^hthe staves thereof. ⁹And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the ⁱcandlestick of the light, ⁱand his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: ¹⁰and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar. ¹¹And upon ^kthe golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put to ^kthe staves thereof: ¹²and they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar: ¹³and they shall take away the ashes from ^lthe altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: ¹⁴and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even ^lthe censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to ^lthe staves of it. ¹⁵And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, ^mthe sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: ⁿbut they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. ¹⁶And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth ^othe oil for the light, and the ^psweet incense, and ^qthe daily meat offering, and the ^ranointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. ¹⁷And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, ¹⁸Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: ¹⁹but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto ^sthe most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: ^20tbut they shall not go in to see when ^uthe holy things are covered, lest they die.