1. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2. “Count the Kohathites among the Levites by family groups and families.
3. Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who come to serve in the Meeting Tent.
4. “The Kohathites are responsible for the most holy things in the Meeting Tent.
5. When the Israelites are ready to move, Aaron and his sons must go into the Holy Tent, take down the curtain, and cover the Ark of the Agreement with it.