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,
27. The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the commandment of Aaron and his sons: and each man shall know to what burden he must be assigned.
28. This is the service of the family of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29. Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers,
30. From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their ministry, and to the service of the covenant of the testimony.