Numbers 4:1

Numbers 4:1 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,  Verse two adds, Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,  Verse three continues, 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.  The sons of Kobath who were from thirty to fifty years old were to be counted separately from the house of Levi.  Verse four states, This shall be the vice of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:  Verse five adds, 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:  These men were to be in charge of moving the ark of testimony.  They were not to start at to young an age nor to serve until they were very old.  We,as followers of Christ though, have no age restrictions on us for serving God, though we are told that preachers should not be novices.  Verse six continues, 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.  Aaron's sons were then given specific instructions about how to move the ark.  When we are doing God's work, we must do it in accordance with His guidance, which first means it should be in accordance with what the Bible teaches and then done by the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Verse seven says, 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:  Verse eight adds, 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.  Verse nine continues, 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:  Verse ten concludes, And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar.  These are very specific instructions to be followed when moving the table of the shew bread.  It, like thecother things of God, was to be treated reverentially and by following God's direction, which I believe that we as followers of Christ should do in everything that we do today.   Verse eleven states, 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:  Verse twelve adds, 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:  Verse thirteen says, And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:  Verse fourteen adds, 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.  Then, they were given instructions for moving the altar and everything associated with it.  There were no short cuts that could be taken, just as there are no short cuts in doing God's work today.