Numbers 4 from Scroll
2Q6 Numbersa
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census of the sons of Kohath from
among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, 3 from thirty years old
and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the
service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
Numbers
4 from Scroll 4Q23 Leviticus-Numbersa
1 Yahweh
spoke
to Moses and to Aaron, saying, 2 “Take
a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families,
by their fathers’ houses, 3 from thirty years old and upward even until fifty
years old, all who enter into the service to do
the work in the Tent of Meeting.
4 “This is the service of the sons of Kohath in
the Tent of Meeting, regarding the most holy things. 5 When the camp moves
forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the
veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it, 6 put a
covering of sealskin on it, spread
a blue cloth over it, and put in its poles.
7 “On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and
put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the
cups with which to pour out; and the
continual bread shall be on it.
8 They shall spread on them a
scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
9 “They shall take a blue cloth and cover the lamp stand of the light, its lamps, its snuffers, its snuff dishes, and all its
oil vessels, with which they minister to it. 10 They shall put it and
all its vessels within a covering of sealskin,
and shall put it on the frame.
11 “On
the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put
in its poles.
12 “They shall take all the vessels of ministry
with which they minister in the sanctuary,
and put them in a blue cloth, cover them
with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.
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40 even
those
who were counted of them, by their families,
by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty. 41 These
are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who
served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses
and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh.
42 Those who were
counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by
their families, by their fathers’ houses, 43 from thirty years old and
upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the
Tent of Meeting, 44 even those who were
counted of them by their families, were three thousand
two hundred. 45 These are
those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the
commandment of Yahweh by Moses.
46 All
those who were counted
of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel counted, by
their families
and by their
fathers’ houses, 47 from thirty years old and upward even to
fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the
work of service and the work of bearing burdens
in the Tent of Meeting, 48 even those
who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
49 According to the commandment of
Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service
and according to his burden. Thus were they counted by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Numbers 4 from Scroll
4Q121 Septuagint Numbers
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses
and to Aaron,
saying,
[..]
5 When
the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his
sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony
with it, 6 and shall put a
covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue,
and shall put in its poles.
7 “On
the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes,
the spoons, the
bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall
be on it. 8 They shall spread on
them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with
a covering of sealskin, and shall put
in its poles.
9 “They
shall take a blue
cloth, and
cover the lamp stand of the
light, and its lamps, and its snuffers,
and its snuff dishes, and all its oil
vessels, with which they minister to it.
[..]
11 “On
the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a
covering of sealskin, and shall put
in its poles.
12 “They shall take all
the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the
sanctuary, and put them in
a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them
on the frame.
13 “They
shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.
14 They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about
it, the fire pans, the meat hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.
15 “When
Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the
sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come
to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These
things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.
16 “The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest
shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and
the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is
in it, the sanctuary, and its
furnishings.”