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The service of the Kohathites relating to the tent of meeting concerns the most holy things.

When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the screening curtain, and cover the ark of the covenant[a] with it; then they shall put on it a covering of fine leather,[b] and spread over that a cloth all of blue, and shall put its poles in place.

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  1. Numbers 4:5 Or treaty, or testimony; Heb eduth
  2. Numbers 4:6 Meaning of Heb uncertain

“This is the work(A) of the Kohathites(B) at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.(C) When the camp is to move,(D) Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain(E) and put it over the ark of the covenant law.(F) Then they are to cover the curtain with a durable leather,[a](G) spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles(H) in place.

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  1. Numbers 4:6 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verses 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 25