King James Version, Updated™

KJV:   1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

KJVu: 1 The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

KJV:   2 Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

KJVu: 2 "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by the house of their fathers,

KJV:   3 From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

KJVu: 3 from 30 years old and up to 50 years old, all that enter the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Notes: "Host" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H6635 with a Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance definition of "appointed time, army, battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, -|- Or (feminine) tsbadah {tseb-aw-aw'}; from tsaba'; a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. Organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship) — appointed time, () army, () battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare)."

KJV:   4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things :

KJVu: 4 This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, the most holy things ;

KJV:   5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it :

KJVu: 5 When the camp prepares to set out on its journey, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it ;

Notes: "Forward" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H5265 with a Strong’s definition of "to pull out or up, set out, journey."

KJV:   6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.

KJVu: 6 Then they shall put on it the covering of badger skins, and shall spread over it a cloth entirely of blue, and shall put in its poles.

Notes: "Wholly" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H3632 with a Strong’s definition of "entire, whole, a holocaust."

KJV:   7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

KJVu: 7 On the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put on it the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover with them; and the continual bread shall be on it.

KJV:   8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof.

KJVu: 8 They shall spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in its poles.

KJV:   9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it :

KJVu: 9 And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels of it, with which they minister to it .

KJV:   10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

KJVu: 10 They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it on a bar.

KJV:   11 And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

KJVu: 11 And on the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in its poles.

KJV:   12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar :

KJVu: 12 They shall take all the instruments of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar .

KJV:   12 And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar :

KJVu: 12 They shall take all the instruments of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar .

KJV:   13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

KJVu: 13 And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

KJV:   14 And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it.

KJVu: 14 And they shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the censers, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of badgers' skins, and put in its poles.

KJV:   15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

KJVu: 15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is set to go forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it ; but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

KJV:   16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

KJVu: 16 To the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is responsible for the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels of it."

KJV:   17 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

KJVu: 17 The LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

KJV:   18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites :

KJVu: 18 "YOU are not to cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites ;

KJV:   19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden :

KJVu: 19 But do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things ; Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them each to his service and to his burden ,

KJV:   20 But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

KJVu: 20 But they shall not go in to watch when the holy things are covered, lest they die. "

Notes: "See" highlighted in the KJV verse is Strong’s H7200 with a Brown-Driver-Briggs' definition of "observe, watch, absolute."