17. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
18. Destroy not the people of Caath from the midst of the Levites:
19. But do this to them, that they may live, and not die, by touching the holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go in, and they shall appoint every man his work, and shall divide the burdens that every man is to carry.
20. Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they shall die.
21. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
22. Take the sum of the soils of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds.
23. From thirty Sears old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.
24. This is the office of the family of the Gersonites:
25. To carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and the violet covering over all, and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the covenant,
26. The curtains of the court, and the veil in the entry that is before the tabernacle. All things that pertain to the altar, the cords and the vessels of the ministry,