4:1 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
4:2 「你從利未人中，將哥轄子孫的總數，照他們的家室、宗族，
4:3 從三十歲直到五十歲，凡前來任職、在會幕裡辦事的，全都計算。
4:4 哥轄子孫在會幕搬運至聖之物，所辦的事乃是這樣：
4:5 起營的時候，亞倫和他兒子要進去摘下遮掩櫃的幔子，用以蒙蓋法櫃，
4:6 又用海狗皮蓋在上頭，再蒙上純藍色的毯子，把槓穿上。
4:7 又用藍色毯子鋪在陳設餅的桌子上，將盤子、調羹、奠酒的爵，和杯擺在上頭。桌子上也必有常設的餅。
4:8 在其上又要蒙朱紅色的毯子，再蒙上海狗皮，把槓穿上。
4:9 要拿藍色毯子，把燈臺和燈臺上所用的燈盞、剪子、蠟花盤，並一切盛油的器皿，全都遮蓋。
4:10 又要把燈臺和燈臺的一切器具包在海狗皮裡，放在抬架上。
4:11 在金壇上要鋪藍色毯子，蒙上海狗皮，把槓穿上。
4:12 又要把聖所用的一切器具包在藍色毯子裡，用海狗皮蒙上，放在抬架上。
4:13 要收去壇上的灰，把紫色毯子鋪在壇上；
4:14 又要把所用的一切器具，就是火鼎、肉鍤子、鏟子、盤子，一切屬壇的器具都擺在壇上，又蒙上海狗皮，把槓穿上。
4:15 將要起營的時候，亞倫和他兒子把聖所和聖所的一切器具遮蓋完了，哥轄的子孫就要來抬，只是不可摸聖物，免得他們死亡。會幕裡這些物件是哥轄子孫所當抬的。
4:16 「祭司亞倫的兒子以利亞撒所要看守的是點燈的油與香料，並當獻的素祭和膏油，也要看守全帳幕與其中所有的，並聖所和聖所的器具。」
4:17 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
4:18 「你們不可將哥轄人的支派從利未人中剪除。
4:19 他們挨近至聖物的時候，亞倫和他兒子要進去派他們各人所當辦的，所當抬的。這樣待他們，好使他們活著，不致死亡。
4:20 只是他們連片時不可進去觀看聖所，免得他們死亡。」
4:2 「你從利未人中，將哥轄子孫的總數，照他們的家室、宗族，
4:3 從三十歲直到五十歲，凡前來任職、在會幕裡辦事的，全都計算。
4:4 哥轄子孫在會幕搬運至聖之物，所辦的事乃是這樣：
4:5 起營的時候，亞倫和他兒子要進去摘下遮掩櫃的幔子，用以蒙蓋法櫃，
4:6 又用海狗皮蓋在上頭，再蒙上純藍色的毯子，把槓穿上。
4:7 又用藍色毯子鋪在陳設餅的桌子上，將盤子、調羹、奠酒的爵，和杯擺在上頭。桌子上也必有常設的餅。
4:8 在其上又要蒙朱紅色的毯子，再蒙上海狗皮，把槓穿上。
4:9 要拿藍色毯子，把燈臺和燈臺上所用的燈盞、剪子、蠟花盤，並一切盛油的器皿，全都遮蓋。
4:10 又要把燈臺和燈臺的一切器具包在海狗皮裡，放在抬架上。
4:11 在金壇上要鋪藍色毯子，蒙上海狗皮，把槓穿上。
4:12 又要把聖所用的一切器具包在藍色毯子裡，用海狗皮蒙上，放在抬架上。
4:13 要收去壇上的灰，把紫色毯子鋪在壇上；
4:14 又要把所用的一切器具，就是火鼎、肉鍤子、鏟子、盤子，一切屬壇的器具都擺在壇上，又蒙上海狗皮，把槓穿上。
4:15 將要起營的時候，亞倫和他兒子把聖所和聖所的一切器具遮蓋完了，哥轄的子孫就要來抬，只是不可摸聖物，免得他們死亡。會幕裡這些物件是哥轄子孫所當抬的。
4:16 「祭司亞倫的兒子以利亞撒所要看守的是點燈的油與香料，並當獻的素祭和膏油，也要看守全帳幕與其中所有的，並聖所和聖所的器具。」
4:17 耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：
4:18 「你們不可將哥轄人的支派從利未人中剪除。
4:19 他們挨近至聖物的時候，亞倫和他兒子要進去派他們各人所當辦的，所當抬的。這樣待他們，好使他們活著，不致死亡。
4:20 只是他們連片時不可進去觀看聖所，免得他們死亡。」
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “Take
a census of the Kohathite branch of the Levites by their clans and families. 3 Count
all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at
the tent of meeting.
4 “This
is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy
things. 5 When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to
go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the
covenant law. 6 Then they are to cover the curtain with a
durable leather,[a] spread a
cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles in place.
7 “Over
the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and put on it the
plates, dishes and bowls, and the jars for drink offerings; the bread that is
continually there is to remain on it. 8 They are to spread a
scarlet cloth over them, cover that with the durable leather and put the poles
in place.
9 “They
are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand that is for light, together
with its lamps, its wick trimmers and trays, and all its jars for the olive oil
used to supply it. 10 Then they are to wrap it and all its
accessories in a covering of the durable leather and put it on a carrying
frame.
11 “Over
the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth and cover that with the durable
leather and put the poles in place.
12 “They
are to take all the articles used for ministering in the sanctuary, wrap them
in a blue cloth, cover that with the durable leather and put them on a carrying
frame.
13 “They
are to remove the ashes from the bronze altar and spread a purple cloth over
it. 14 Then they are to place on it all the utensils used for
ministering at the altar, including the firepans, meat forks, shovels and
sprinkling bowls. Over it they are to spread a covering of the durable leather
and put the poles in place.
15 “After
Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy
articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to
come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will
die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.
16 “Eleazar
son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light, the
fragrant incense, the regular grain offering and the anointing oil. He is to be
in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy
furnishings and articles.”
17 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, 18 “See
that the Kohathite tribal clans are not destroyed from among the Levites. 19 So
that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do
this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to
each man his work and what he is to carry. 20 But the
Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or
they will die.”
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上帝為了讓他的神聖性不受侵犯，下了這樣的規定：「你們不可將哥轄人的支派從利未人中剪除。他們挨近至聖物的時候，亞倫和他兒子要進去派他們各人所當辦的，所當抬的。這樣待他們，好使他們活著，不致死亡。只是他們連片時不可進去觀看聖所，免得他們死亡。」
雖然哥轄人是利未支派，也不能侵犯上帝的榮耀，只能做抬聖物的工作，卻不能碰與觀看。但是上帝把防止侵犯上帝的榮耀放在亞倫家，所以聖物在抬之前，亞倫家要先收拾好與遮蓋好，不可以讓哥轄人受到傷害！
這也告訴我們牧者有負責「教會的懲戒」的責任，現在特別把「論教會的懲戒」的信條列在下面，讓我們來謹守：
一、為教會之王與元首的主耶穌已將教會行政權交於教會職員之手，但他們與民事長官不同。
二、天國的鑰匙既交給這些職員，因此他們有留下罪或赦免罪的權柄，本著上帝的道和懲戒，對不悔改的人，關閉天國：又按情形之所需，藉宣傳福音和撤除懲戒，向悔改的罪人開放天國。
三、教會為了矯正或獲得犯罪的弟兄，阻止其他弟兄犯同樣的罪，除去那足以感染全團的酵；擁護基督的尊榮和福音神聖的承認；避免上帝的震怒（如他們容忍惡譽昭彰和剛愎的犯罪者來褻瀆上帝的聖約，和此約的印證，此忿怒正可臨到教會），必須實行懲戒。
四、為了更圓滿地達成以上的目的，教會職員應當按著犯罪的性質和犯罪者的罪狀，予以勸戒，一時停止聖餐，併除教。
願主幫助教會來維護上帝的神聖，如同亞倫家的祭司一般！
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