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.
12. They shall take all the utensils used in the Holy Place, wrap them in a blue cloth, put a fine leather cover over them, and place them on a carrying frame.
13. They shall remove the greasy ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.
14. They shall put on it all the equipment used in the service at the altar: firepans, hooks, shovels, and basins. Then they shall put a fine leather cover over it and insert the carrying poles.
15. When it is time to break camp, the clan of Kohath shall come to carry the sacred objects only after Aaron and his sons have finished covering them and all their equipment. The clan of Kohath must not touch the sacred objects, or they will die.These are the responsibilities of the clan of Kohath whenever the Tent is moved.
16. Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall be responsible for the whole Tent and for the oil for the lamps, the incense, the grain offerings, the anointing oil, and everything else in the Tent that has been consecrated to the Lord.
17. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
18. “Do not let the clan of Kohath
19. be killed by coming near these most sacred objects. To prevent this happening, Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each man his task and tell him what to carry.
20. But if the Kohathites enter the Tent and see the priests preparing the sacred objects for moving, they will die.”
21. The Lord told Moses
22. to take a census of the Levite clan of Gershon by sub-clans and families,
23. 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.