⁵ 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. ⁶ Then they shall put on it a covering of badger skins, and spread over that a cloth entirely of ^(C)blue; and they shall insert ^(D)its poles.

⁷ “On the ^(E)table of showbread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the ^[a]pitchers for pouring; and the ^(F)showbread^[b] shall be on it. ⁸ They shall spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. ⁹ And they shall take a blue cloth and cover the ^(G)lampstand of the light, ^(H)with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it. ¹⁰ Then they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of badger skins, and put it on a carrying beam.

¹¹ “Over ^(I)the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of badger skins; and they shall insert its poles. ¹² Then they shall take all the ^(J)utensils of service with which they minister in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of badger skins, and put them on a carrying beam. ¹³ Also they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. ¹⁴ They shall put on it all its implements with which they minister there—the firepans, the forks, the shovels, the ^[c]basins, and all the utensils of the altar—and they shall spread on it a covering of badger skins, and insert its poles. 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 ^(K)the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; ^(L)but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die.

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

¹⁷ Then ^(A)the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, ^(B)carrying the tabernacle.

²¹ Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the ^(A)holy things. (The tabernacle would be ^[a]prepared for their arrival.)