1. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
2. Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites by their clans and their households,
3. from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do the work of the meeting tent.
4. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites in the meeting tent: the most holy things.
5. When it’s time to break camp, Aaron and his sons will enter and take down the screening curtain, and they will cover the chest containing the covenant with it.
6. Then they will place a covering of fine leather on it. They will spread a whole cloth of blue over it, and they will set its poles in place.