Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Numbers 4:14-22 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

14. And shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the ministry thereof, that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and forks, pothooks and shovels. They shall cover all the vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet skins, and shall put in the bars.

15. And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp, then shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things wrapped up: and they shall not touch the vessels of the sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the sons of Caath: in the tabernacle of the covenant:

16. And over them shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, to whose charge pertaineth the oil to dress the lamps, and the sweet incense, and the sacrifice, that is always offered, and the oil of unction, and whatsoever pertaineth to the service of the tabernacle, and of all the vessels that are in the sanctuary.

17. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:

18. Destroy not the people of Caath from the midst of the Levites:

19. But do this to them, that they may live, and not die, by touching the holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall appoint every man his work, and shall divide the burdens that every man is to carry.

20. Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.

21. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

22. Take the sum of the soils of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds.