Numbers — Chapter 4

hyacinth, and fhal draw in the barres. 7. The tabel alfo of propofition they thal wrap in a cloth of hyacinth, and thal put with itthe ceafers aid litle morters , the goblets and cups to powre the libaments : the breads fhal be alwayes onit: 8. and they inal fpread ouer it a cloth of icarlet , which againe they fhal couer witha , veile of ianthine skinnes , and fhal put in the barres, 9. They thal : take alfo a cloth of hiacinth wherwith they fhal couer the can- ! dleftick with the lamps and tongs therof and fnuffers and al the : veflels of oyle , which are aeceffarie for the dreffing of the lamps : 10, and ouer al they thal put a couer of ianthise skinnes , and put in the barres. 11. Moreouerthe golden altar alfo they thal wrap in a cloth of hyacinth , and ihal {pread ouer it a couer of ianthine skinnes, and put in the barres.12.Al the veffels wherwith the miniftration is done in the Sandtuarie, they thal wrap in acloth of hiacinth and thal {pread over it a cover of ia:thine skianes , and putiabarres. 13. But thealcar a!fo they fhal make cleane from the afhes,& thal wrap itin a purple cloth, 14,and fhal put with ic al the veffels ,that they vfe-in the minifterie therof,that is to fay, fire pannes, fle. hooks & torkes, pot-hooks and fhouels. Al the veffels of the altar together they fhal couer with a veile of ianthine fhinnes,and thal put in the barres.15.And when Aaron and his fonnes haue wrapped vp the Sanétuarie & the veffels therof inthe r-- mouing ofthe campe , then thaithe fonnes of Caath enter ia to carte the things wrapped vp:and ticy {hal not touch the veffels of the Sanctuaric, left they dic. Thefe are the burdens of the fonnes of Caath inthe ta- hernacle of couenant : 16, ouer whom fhal be Eleazar the fonne of Aaron the Prieft,ro whofe charge perteyneth rhe oyle to dreffe the lam- pes, andthe incenfe of compolition , and the facrifice , that is alwayes offered , and the oyle of viétion, and whatfoeuer perteyneth to the Ctuaric, 17. And our Lord fpake vnto Moyfes and Aaron , fayii 2:18, (a) Deftroy notthe people of Caath out of the middes of the Le- uites : 19. but doe this to them, that they may live , and not die, if they touch Sanéta Sanétorum, Aaron and his forncs fixal enter , and they fhal difpofe the charges of euerie one , and ibal diuide what euerie o.:¢ muft carie. 20. Let others by no curiofitie fee the things that are in the Sanctuarie before they be wrapped vp, otherwife they inal die. 21, And our Lord fpake toMoyfes, faying: 22. Take the fumme of the fonnes of Gerfon alfo by their houfes and families & kinreds, 23. from thirtic ycarcs & vpward , vnto fiftie yeares. Number them al thatgoein & mi- nifter in the tabernacle of couenant. 24. This is the office of the tamilie of the Gerfonites, 25. for to carie the curtines of the tabernacle, & the roofe ofthe couenant the other couer, and oueralthe iantuiae couer, and the hanging that hazgethin the entric of the tabernacle of coucnant, 26, the curtines-of the court , and the veile in the centric that is be- fore the Leuites NVMERI. 317 fore the tabernacle. Al things that pertayne to the altar , the cords,and veffcls of the minifterie,27.fhal the fonnes of Gerfoa carie,by the com- mandement of Aaron and his fonnes : ard cueric onefhal know to what burden they mult be affigsed. 28. Tatsis theteruice of the ta- milie of the Gerfonites in the tabernacie of conuenant, and they ihal be vider the hand of Ithamar rhe fonve of Aaron the Prieit.29. Tie fonnes of Merari alfo by the families asd houfes of their fathers thou thale recken,30.from thirtie yeares and vpward,vntil fittie yeares,al that en- ter into the office of their minifterie , & to the feruice of the couenant of teftimonie.3 1, Thefe are their burdens: They !hal carie the bords of the tabernacle and the barres therof , the piliers and the feete of them,