17. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
18. “You must not cut off the tribe of the clan of the Kohathites from the midst of the Levites.
19. Do this to them and they will live and not die when they come near the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will go and appoint them, each one to his task and burden.
20. But they must not go and look for a moment at the holy objects.”
21. Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
22. “Take a census of the descendants of Gershon also, according to their families and clans,
23. from those twenty years old and above until fifty years old; you will muster them, all who come to help to do the work of the tent of assembly.
24. This is the work of the clans of the Gershonites: to serve and to carry.