Targum for Numbers 4:51

And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

Take the account of the sons of Kehath from among the Beni Levi,

from thirty years and upwards to fifty years, every one who cometh by the band to do the work in the tabernacle of ordinance.

This is the service of the Beni Kehath, in the tabernacle of ordinance (with) the most holy things.

But whenever the camp is to be removed, Aharon and his sons shall enter, and unloose the veil that is spread, and cover up the Ark of the Testimony,

and put over it the covering of hyacinthine skin, and overspread it with a wrapper of twined work, and inset its staves.

And over the table of the presence bread they shall spread a wrapper of purple, and set upon it the vials, and the spoons, and the vases, and the libation cups; but the bread shall be upon it evermore.

Vials.

And they shall spread upon it a wrapper of scarlet, and cover it with a covering of hyacinthine skin, and inset its staves.

Snuffers.

And they shall take a purple wrapper, and cover the candelabrum that lighteth, and its lamps, its tongs, its snuff-dishes, and all the vessels of service by which they attend it.

And they shall put it and all its vessels in a covering of hyacinthine skin, and place it upon a rest.

Upon a beam.

And upon the golden altar they shall spread a purple vest, and cover it with a covering of hyacinthine skin, and inset its staves. And they shall take all the vessels, of the service with which they minister in the sanctuary, and wrap them in a covering of hyacinthine skins,

and place it upon a beam.

And they shall remove the cinders from the altar, and overspread it with a covering of crimson.

And they shall take away from the altar

and put upon it all its vessels with which it is served, the cinder-holders, flesh-hooks, prongs, and basins, even all the vessels of the altar, and spread upon it a covering of hyacinthine skin, and inset its staves.

And after Aharon and his sons have completed to cover the sanctuary, and all the vessels thereof, when the camp is to go forward, then the sons of Kehath may enter in to carry: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die by the flaming fire. This is the burden of the sons of Kehath in the tabernacle of ordinance.

And that delivered to Elazar bar Aharon the priest shall be the oil for the light, the aromatic incense, the perpetual mincha, the oil of anointing, and the custody of all the tabernacle, and whatever is in it in the sanctuary and its vessels.

And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

Thou shalt not give occasion for the tribe of the family of Kehath to perish among the Levites.

But this appointment make thou for them, that they may live the life of the just, and die not by the flaming fire; they shall turn away their eyes from the Most Holy Place at the time they approach thither. Aharon and his sons shall enter, and appoint them man by man to his service and his burden.

But they shall not go in to gaze, when the priests go in to cover the vessels of the sanctuary, that they die not by the flaming fire.

And the Levites shall not go in to gaze when the priests cover the vessels of the holy house, lest they die.

AND the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying:

Take the account of the Beni Gershon also, ___

from thirty years to fifty years, of all who come by bands to do the work of the tabernacle of ordinance.

And this is the service of the family of Gershon, to serve and to carry.

They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of ordinance, its covering, and the hyacinth covering which is upon it above; and the hanging of the gate of the tabernacle of ordinance;

and the curtains of the court, and the hanging for the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle round about, and their cords and all the vessels of their service, and all that is delivered to them to serve with.

Upon the word of Aharon and his sons shall be all the service of the Beni Gershon, for all their burdens and service, and of their whole work shalt thou ordain the charge upon them.

This is the ministry of the family of the Beni Gershon, in the tabernacle of ordinance; and the care of them shall be in the hand of Ithamar bar Aharon the priest.

The sons of Merari shalt thou number, ___

from thirty years to fifty years, everyone who cometh with the band to minister in the work of the tabernacle of ordinance.

And this shall be the charge of the burdens of all their service in the tabernacle of ordinance, the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, and bases;

the pillars of the court also round about, their pins and their cords, with all the instruments of their whole service, and all those of the charge of their burdens, thou shalt number by their names.

This is the work of the family of Merari, according to all their service in the tabernacle of ordinance, under the hand of Ithamar bar Aharon the priest.

And Mosheh and Aharon numbered the sons of Kehath by their families, and by the house of their fathers,

from thirty years to fifty years; every one who came with the band to serve in the tabernacle of ordinance;

and the sums of them were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

These are the numbers of the family of Kehath, of all who ministered in the tabernacle of ordinance; whom Mosheh and Aharon numbered upon the mouth of the Word of the Lord by Mosheh.

The numbers of the Beni Gershon, after the families of their father's house

from thirty years to fifty years, every one who who came with the band to serve in the tabernacle of ordinance;

the sums of them were two thousand six hundred and thirty.

These are the numbers of the Beni Gershon, of all who ministered in the tabernacle of ordinance, whom Mosheh and Aharon numbered upon the mouth of the Word of the Lord by Mosheh.

And the numbers of the Beni Merari, by the families of their father's house,

from thirty to fifty years, every one who came with the band to the service of the tabernacle of ordinance,

were three thousand two hundred.

These are the numbers of the Beni Merari, whom Mosheh and Aharon numbered upon the mouth of the Word of the Lord by Mosheh.

The whole sum of the Levites whom Mosheh and Aharon and the princes of Israel numbered,

from thirty to fifty years, all coming by bands to fulfil the charge and service of the porterage of the tabernacle of ordinance,

was eight thousand five hundred and eighty.

By the mouth of the Word of the Lord were they numbered by Mosheh, every man according to his service and burden; and the numbering of them was as the Lord commanded Mosheh.