18. “Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;
19. but do this in regard to them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his task.
20. But they shall not go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, lest they die.”
21. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
22. “Also take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers’ house, by their families.
23. From thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting.
24. This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying:
25. They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of badger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,