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Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
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"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' house,
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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.
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"This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of meeting, relating to the most holy things:
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When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
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Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue; and they shall insert its poles.
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On the table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring; and the showbread shall be on it.
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They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.
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And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it.
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Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.
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Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles.