1. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2. “Count the Kohathites among the Levites. Count them by family groups and families.
3. Count the men from 30 to 50 years old. They will serve in the Meeting Tent.
4. “They are responsible for the most holy things in the Meeting Tent.
5. When the Israelites move, Aaron and his sons must go into the Holy Tent. They are to take down the curtain. Then they must cover the Ark of the Covenant with it.
6. Over this they must put a covering made from fine leather. Then they must spread the solid blue cloth over it. And they must put the poles in the rings on the Ark of the Covenant.