1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:
2 Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites by their clans and their households,
3 from 30 to 50 years old, all who are eligible for service to do the work of the meeting tent.
4 These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites in the meeting tent: the most holy things.
5 When it’s time to break camp, Aaron and his sons will enter and take down the screening curtain, and they will cover the chest containing the covenant with it.
6 Then they will place a covering of fine leather on it. They will spread a whole cloth of blue over it, and they will set its poles in place.