## Numbers 04 Translation Questions ##

Q? What were Moses and Aaron to conduct?

A. Moses and Aaron were to conduct a census of the male descendants of Kohath from among the Levites who were 30 to 50 years old. [4:1-3]

Q? What were the descendants of Kohath to do to serve in the tent of meeting?

A. They were to care for the most holy things reserved for Yahweh in the tent of meeting. [4:4]

Q? What were Aaron and his sons to take down when the camp moved forward?

A. They were to go into the tent to take down the curtain that separated the most holy place from the holy place, cover the ark of the covenant with sea cow skins and a blue cloth, and then insert poles to carry it. [4:5-6]

Q? On what were Aaron and his sons to spread a blue cloth and then put on that the dishes, spoons, bowls, and jars for pouring?

A. They were to spread a blue cloth on the bread of presence and then put on that the dishes, spoons, bowls, and jars for pouring. [4:7]

Q? What was always to be on the table?

A. Bread was always to be on the table of the bread of the presence. [4:7]

Q? Then what were they to use after that to cover the bread of presence and what were they to insert in it to carry the table?

A. They were cover the bread of presence then with a scarlet cloth and again with sea cow skins, and then they were to insert poles with which to carry it. [4:11]

Q? How were the lampstands and all its accessories to be prepared for moving?

A. They put a blue cloth cover over the lampstand with all its accessories, covered it with sea cow skins, and put it on a carrying frame. [4:9-10]

Q? How was the gold altar and its equipment prepared for moving?

A. The gold altar and all of its equipment were to be wrapped in blue cloth, covered with sea cow skins, and then insert the carrying poles. [4:11]

Q? How was all the equipment for the work in the sanctuary to be prepared?

A. All the equipment for the work in the sanctuary was to be wrapped in a blue cloth, covered with sea cow skins, and then put on the carrying frame. [4:12]

Q? What did they remove from the altar, and what must they spread on the altar?

A. They removed the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth on it. [4:13]

Q? Where was all the equipment that they used in the work of the altar placed?

A. All the equipment that they used in the work of the altar was placed on the carrying frame. [4:14]

Q? With what would was the altar covered before they inserted the carrying poles?

A. The altar was covered with sea cow skins before they inserted the carrying poles. [4:14]

Q? Who came to carry the sanctuary after Aaron and his sons completed covering the sanctuary and all its equipment when the camp was ready to move forward?

A. The descendants of Kohath came to carry the sanctuary after Aaron and his sons completed covering it and the camp was ready to move forward. [4:15]

Q? For what did Eleazar son of Aaron have to care and supervise?

A. He had to care for the oil and the light as well as supervise the care of the sweet incense, the regular grain offering, the anointing oil, the entire tabernacle and all that was in it. [4:16]

Q? From among whom could the Kohathite clans not be removed that they would live and not die?

A. The Kohathite clans could not be removed from among the Levites that they would live and not die. [4:18-19]

Q? About what did Yahweh warn Moses and Aaron that the Kohathite tribal clans could not go in to see or they would die?

A. The Kohathites tribal clans could not go in to see the sanctuary or they would die. [4:20]

Q? Who only was allowed to go into the sanctuary?

A. Only Aaron and his sons were allowed to go into the sanctuary. [4:20]

Q? What does Yahweh tell Moses to do concerning counting of those who served in the tent of meeting from the Gershon clans?

A. Moses was to conduct a census counting those who are thirty years old to fifty years old. [4:22-23]

Q? What was the work of the Gershonites?

A. The work of the Gershonites was to carry all the curtains and coverings of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting and its covering of sea cow skin as well as the curtains of the court and its doorway and their ropes and all the instruments for their service. [4:24-26]

Q? Who was to direct all service of the descendants of the Gershonites who were being led by Ithamar the priest?

A. Aaron and his sons must direct all the service of the descendants of the Gershonites. [4:27-28]

Q? What was the Merari clan to do in their service for the tent of meeting?

A. They were to care for the framing of the tabernacle, along with the posts, their hardware, and their ropes plus make a list of what they must carry. [4:31-32]

Q? What did Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel do to obey Yahweh?

A. They counted all the men of the Kohathites who were thirty to fifty years old by the type of work he was assigned to do in the tabernacle, and they counted who would carry and care for the items in the tent of meeting. [4:34-35]

Q? Who else was counted in their clans from 30-50 years old?

A. The descendants of Gershon were counted in their clans. [4:41]

Q? Who else did Moses and Aaron count in their clans from 30-50 years old?

A. The descendants of Merari were counted in their clans. [4:42-44]

Q? When Moses counted each Levite by clans from 30-50 years old, of what did he keep count?

A. Moses kept count of each man who would work in the tabernacle and who would carry and care for the items in the tent of meeting. [4:47]

Q? When Moses counted each man and kept count of each man's type of work and responsibility, who did he obey?

A. When Moses counted each man and kept count of each man's type of work and responsibility, he obeyed Yahweh.

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