³ So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on ^(A)the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new ^[a]cart.

⁷ Now therefore, make ^(A)a new cart, take two milk cows ^(B)which have never been yoked, and hitch the cows to the cart; and take their calves home, away from them.

⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁵ “Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tabernacle of meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.” ⁶ So Moses took the carts and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. ⁷ Two carts and four oxen ^(A)he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service; ^8 (B)and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the ^[a]authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was ^(C)the service of the holy things, ^(D)which they carried on their shoulders.

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.