14 They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they serve in connection with it: the firepans, the forks and shovels and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of porpoise skin over it and insert its poles. 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects (A)and die. These are the [a]things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

16 “The responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is (B)the oil for the light and the (C)fragrant incense and (D)the continual grain offering and (E)the anointing oil—the responsibility of all the [b]tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:15 Lit burden...of the sons
  2. Numbers 4:16 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch