and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil.

But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284.

The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.

“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.

You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.

the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests,

Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest.

as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean,

“In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary – with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

“‘If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest.

Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs to the shekel.

Now the head of all the Levitical leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the sanctuary.

collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs).

But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.

Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.

He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa.

everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”

Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies.

They will be called, “The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the Lord.” You will be called, “Sought After, City Not Abandoned.”