17. And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18. Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
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;
20. but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
21. And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
22. Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;