Numbers 3:31

And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

Cross-reference

Numbers 3:25 lists the Gershonites' duties (curtains and coverings) — contrasting with the Kohathites' responsibility for the sanctuary's holy furniture.

Numbers 3:28 records the census of the Kohathites and their guard duty — the same clan assigned the transport of holy items in verse 31.

Numbers 4:4-16 gives detailed procedures for handling the ark, table, lampstand, and altars listed in the main verse.

Numbers 7:9 Parallel

Numbers 7:9 explains why Kohathites received no wagons — they were to carry the holy items on their shoulders, the same duty described in verse 31.

Numbers 4:15 gives specific instructions for the Kohathites' transport of the holy items — the very duty summarized in verse 31.

Numbers 18:3 warns the Levites not to approach the sanctuary vessels — the same holy items the Kohathites were responsible for carrying.

Exodus 25:10-40 records God's instructions for building the ark, table, and lampstand—the same items entrusted to Kohathites.

Exodus 27:1-8 gives the construction instructions for the bronze altar, one of the altars mentioned in Numbers 3:31.

Exodus 30:1-10 provides instructions for the golden altar of incense, which is the other altar referenced in Numbers 3:31.

Exodus 37:1-24 describes Bezalel constructing the ark, table, and lampstand—the very items the Kohathites later carry.

Exodus 37:25-29 describes the making of the incense altar and its accessories, matching the 'altars' in Numbers 3:31.

Exodus 38:1-7 details the construction of the bronze altar, one of the altars the Kohathites are to carry.

Exodus 39:33-42 inventories the completed tabernacle items, matching the list of holy objects entrusted to the Kohathites.

Exodus 40:2-16 describes the consecration of the tabernacle and its furnishings, which are the very items the Kohathites are assigned to carry.

Exodus 25:23 gives the design for the table of showbread, which is the table listed in Numbers 3:31.

Deuteronomy 10:8 explains why Levi was set apart — to carry the ark, a key item from the Kohathites' duty list.

Leviticus 24:4 Historical context

Leviticus 24:4 describes the regular tending of the lampstand — one of the holy items the Kohathites were responsible for transporting.

Exodus 39:32 records the completion of the tabernacle and its furnishings — the very holy items the Kohathites are assigned to carry.