³ And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

⁷ So now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have the cows yoked to the cart, and take their young ones away from them:

⁴ And the Lord said to Moses,

⁵ Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

⁶ So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

⁷ Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;

⁸ And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

⁹ But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.

⁵ When all the people go forward, Aaron is to go in with his sons, and take down the veil of the curtain, covering the ark of witness with it;

⁶ And putting over it the leather cover and over that a blue cloth; and putting its rods in place.

⁷ And on the table of the holy bread they are to put a blue cloth, and on it all the vessels, the spoons and the basins and the cups; and the holy bread with them;

⁸ And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.

⁹ And they are to take a blue cloth, covering with it the light-support with its lights and its instruments and its trays and all the oil vessels which are used for it:

¹⁰ All these they are to put in a leather cover, and put it on the frame.

¹¹ On the gold altar they are to put a blue cloth, covering it with a leather cover; and they are to put its rods in their places.

¹² All the vessels which are used in the holy place they are to put in a blue cloth, covering them with a leather cover, and put them on the frame.