When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down (A)the covering veil and cover the (B)ark of the Testimony with it.

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When the camp is to move,(A) Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain(B) and put it over the ark of the covenant law.(C)

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Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of (A)blue; and they shall insert (B)its poles.

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Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather,[a](A) spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles(B) in place.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:6 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verses 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 25

15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is set to go, then (A)the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; (B)but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.

(C)These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

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15 “After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move,(A) only then are the Kohathites(B) to come and do the carrying.(C) But they must not touch the holy things(D) or they will die.(E) The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.

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At that time (A)the Lord [a]separated the tribe of Levi (B)to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, (C)to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and (D)to bless in His name, to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 10:8 set apart

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi(A) to carry the ark of the covenant(B) of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister(C) and to pronounce blessings(D) in his name, as they still do today.(E)

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25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:

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25 he gave this command to the Levites who carried(A) the ark of the covenant of the Lord:

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26 “Take this Book of the Law, (A)and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there (B)as a witness against you;

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26 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.(A)

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and they commanded the people, saying, (A)“When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, (B)and the priests, the Levites, [a]bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it.

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  1. Joshua 3:3 carrying

giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant(A) of the Lord your God, and the Levitical(B) priests(C) carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it.

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