1. The Lord told Moses
2. to take a census of the Levite clan of Kohath by sub-clans and families,
3. and to register all the men between the ages of thirty and fifty who were qualified to work in the Tent of the Lord's presence.
4. Their service involves the most holy things.
5. The Lord gave Moses the following instructions. When it is time to break camp, Aaron and his sons shall enter the Tent, take down the curtain in front of the Covenant Box, and cover the Box with it.
6. They shall put a fine leather cover over it, spread a blue cloth on top, and then insert the carrying poles.
7. They shall spread a blue cloth over the table for the bread offered to the Lord and put on it the dishes, the incense bowls, the offering bowls, and the jars for the wine offering. There shall always be bread on the table.
8. They shall spread a red cloth over all this, put a fine leather cover over it, and then insert the carrying poles.
9. They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand, with its lamps, tongs, trays, and all the olive oil containers.
10. They shall wrap it and all its equipment in a fine leather cover and place it on a carrying frame.
11. Next they shall spread a blue cloth over the gold altar, put a fine leather cover over it, and then insert the carrying poles.