“Moshe, Aharon and the community leaders took a census of the descendants of K’hat by their clans and families, all those between thirty and fifty years old who were part of the corps serving in the tent of meeting. Registered by their families, they numbered 2,750. These are the ones counted from the K’hat families of all those […]

“Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, “Do not cut off the clan of K’hat from among the Levites;  rather, do this for them, so that they will live and not die: when they approach the especially holy things, Aharon and his sons are to go in — and you are to assign each one his task; but the descendants of […]

“When Aharon and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy utensils, when the camp is about to move forward, then the descendants of K’hat are to come and carry them. But they are not to touch the holy things, so that they won’t die. These things are the responsibility of […]

“Here is how the descendants of Kohat are to serve in the tent of meeting and deal with the especially holy things: when the time comes to break camp, Aharon is to go in with his sons, take down the curtain which serves as a screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.”-Numbers 4:4-5   […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter Four. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. The main theme of Numbers chapter 4 is all about what is usually called the 2nd Levite census. The biggest difference between this census and the earlier one is the age range of the Levite […]