1. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,
2. “Take a census of the sons of Qehath from among the children of Lĕwi, by their clans, by their fathers’ house,
3. from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
4. “This is the service of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting, the most set-apart matters:
5. “At the breaking of camp, Aharon and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil and cover the ark of the Witness with it,
6. and shall put on it a covering of fine leather, and spread over that an all-blue wrapper, and shall insert its poles.
7. “And on the table of showbread they shall spread a blue wrapper, and shall put on it the dishes, and the ladles, and the bowls, and the jars for pouring, and the showbread on it.
8. “And they shall spread over them a scarlet wrapper, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles,
9. and shall take a blue wrapper and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, and its snuffers, and its trays, and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it.
10. “And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a bar.
11. “And over the golden altar they shall spread a blue wrapper, and cover it with a covering of fine leather, and shall insert its poles,
12. and shall take all the utensils of service with which they serve in the set-apart place, and shall put them in a blue wrapper, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a bar,
13. and shall remove the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple wrapper over it,
14. and shall put on it all its utensils by which they serve there: the fire holders, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, and all the utensils of the altar, and shall spread on it a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles.