1TUHAN berkata kepada Musa dan Harun,2“Dari antara suku Lewi, adakanlah sensus untuk marga-marga Kehat, yaitu laki-laki3yang berumur 30-50 tahun, yang mampu melakukan tugas di kemah-Ku.4“Tanggung jawab mereka di kemah-Ku adalah mengurus barang-barang yang paling kudus.5Setiap kali perkemahan Israel hendak pindah ke tempat lain, Harun dan anak-anaknya harus masuk ke dalam kemah-Ku dan melakukan hal-hal berikut ini: Turunkan tirai pemisah ruang mahakudus dan tutupi peti perjanjian dengan tirai itu.6Tutupi tirai itu dengan kulit yang tidak menyerap air dan bentangkan sehelai kain biru di atasnya. Pasang tongkat-tongkat pengusung pada peti perjanjian.7Selanjutnya, bentangkan sehelai kain biru pada meja roti sajian-Ku. Di atas kain itu, letakkan piring-piring, sendok-sendok untuk dupa, serta mangkuk-mangkuk dan kendi-kendi untuk persembahan air anggur. Roti sajian juga harus tetap ada di meja itu.8Bentangkan sehelai kain merah di atas semuanya itu dan tutupi dengan kulit yang tidak menyerap air. Pasang tongkat-tongkat pengusung pada meja.9Selanjutnya, ambil sehelai kain biru yang lain dan tutupi tiang pelita bercabang beserta pelita-pelita, penjepit-penjepit untuk membuang sumbu yang sudah hangus, wadah kecil untuk menampung sumbu yang hangus, dan semua tempat minyak yang digunakan untuk pelita-pelita.10Tiang pelita bercabang beserta semua peralatan ini harus ditutupi lagi dengan kulit yang tidak menyerap air, dan diletakkan di atas usungan.11Selanjutnya, bentangkan sehelai kain biru di atas mezbah dupa dari emas, tutupi dengan kulit yang tidak menyerap air, dan pasang tongkat-tongkat pengusung mezbah dupa.12Bungkus semua perlengkapan lainnya yang dipakai untuk melayani di kemah-Ku dengan sehelai kain biru, tutupi dengan kulit yang tidak menyerap air, dan letakkan di atas usungan.13Bersihkan abu dari mezbah kurban, bentangkan sehelai kain ungu di atasnya,14dan letakkan semua peralatan mezbah kurban di atas kain itu: kuali-kuali untuk mengangkut bara, garpu penusuk daging, sekop-sekop dan baskom-baskom. Tutupi semuanya itu dengan kulit yang tidak menyerap air dan pasang tongkat-tongkat pengusung pada mezbah kurban.15“Sesudah para imam membungkus semua barang kudus beserta perlengkapannya, barulah kemah siap dipindahkan, dan hanya pada saat itulah keturunan Kehat boleh masuk dengan tongkat pemikul. Mereka dilarang menyentuh barang-barang kudus secara langsung. Apabila menyentuhnya, mereka akan mati. Demikianlah tugas marga-marga Kehat setiap kali kemah-Ku dipindahkan.16“Eleazar anak Harun bertanggung jawab atas minyak untuk pelita, dupa dari wangi-wangian, persembahan gandum rutin, dan minyak pengurapan. Dia juga bertanggung jawab mengawasi seluruh kemah-Ku dan segala isinya, termasuk barang-barang kudus dan peralatannya.”17TUHAN berkata kepada Musa dan Harun,18“Untuk menjaga agar keturunan Kehat dari suku Lewi tetap hidup dan tidak mati saat mendekati barang-barang kudus, Harun dan anak-anaknya harus mendampingi mereka masuk ke kemah dan memberikan tugas kepada mereka masing-masing tentang barang apa yang harus dibawa oleh setiap orang.20Keturunan Kehat tidak boleh melihat barang-barang kudus itu sesaat pun, karena mereka akan mati bila melihatnya.”
Bagian: Sensus dan tugas marga-marga Gerson
21TUHAN berkata kepada Musa,22“Adakanlah sensus untuk marga-marga Gerson, yaitu laki-laki yang berumur 30-50 tahun, yang mampu melakukan tugas di kemah-Ku.24“Tugas mereka adalah untuk memelihara dan mengangkut barang-barang ini:25tirai-tirai kemah-Ku, kemah itu sendiri, serta semua kain linen yang digunakan sebagai penutup, juga kulit-kulit yang tidak menyerap air yang digunakan sebagai penutup, tirai pintu masuk kemah-Ku,26tirai-tirai yang mengelilingi halaman kemah dan mezbah, tirai di jalan masuk, tali-tali, dan semua perlengkapannya.27“Mereka harus melaksanakan setiap tugas mereka menurut perintah para imam, baik untuk mengangkut barang maupun tugas lainnya.28Demikianlah tugas keturunan Gerson di kemah-Ku. Pekerjaan mereka dilakukan di bawah pimpinan Itamar anak Harun.”
Bagian: Sensus dan tugas marga-marga Merari
29“Adakanlah sensus untuk marga-marga Merari, yaitu laki-laki yang berumur 30-50 tahun, yang mampu melakukan tugas di kemah-Ku.31“Tugas mereka di kemah-Ku adalah mengangkut barang-barang berikut ini: rangka-rangka kemah, kayu-kayu lintang, tiang-tiang serta alas-alas penahannya,32juga tiang-tiang di sekeliling halaman kemah serta alas-alas penahannya, pasak-pasaknya, tali-talinya, dan semua perlengkapannya. “Tugaskanlah kepada masing-masing orang mengenai barang apa yang harus mereka angkut.33Demikianlah seluruh tugas keturunan Merari di kemah-Ku. Pekerjaan mereka dilakukan di bawah pimpinan Itamar anak Harun.”
Bagian: Hasil sensus suku Lewi
34Musa, Harun, dan para pemimpin umat Israel menghitung semua laki-laki suku Lewi dari marga-marga Kehat, Gerson, dan Merari yang berumur 30-50 tahun, yang mampu melakukan tugas di kemah TUHAN dan mengangkut barang-barangnya. Nama-nama mereka dicatat berdasarkan nama marga dan keluarga masing-masing. Inilah jumlah mereka: Jadi, jumlah keseluruhannya adalah 8.580 orang.49Demikianlah sensus dilaksanakan sesuai perintah TUHAN kepada Musa. Setiap orang pun terdaftar dan tugasnya ditentukan.
World English Bible (dengan Deuterokanonika)
1Yahweh 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,3from 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.5When 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,6put 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.8They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover it 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.10They 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.13“They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.14They 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. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to 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.”17Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,18“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;19but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden;20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”21Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,22“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;23you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old: all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.24“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:25they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,26the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there.27At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.28This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.29“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses;30you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.31This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,32the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name.33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”34Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,35from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting.36Those who were counted of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.37These are those who were counted of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of Yahweh by Moses.38Those who were counted of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers’ houses,39from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,40even those who were counted of them, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.41These 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.42Those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,43from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting,44even those who were counted of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.45These 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.46All 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,47from 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,48even those who were counted of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.49According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.