18. “Do not cut off the tribe of the clans of the Qehathites from among the Lĕwites,
19. but do this to them, and they shall live and not die when they approach the most set-apart objects: Aharon and his sons shall go in and appoint each of them to his service and his burden.
20. “They are not, however, to go in to watch while the set-apart objects are being covered, lest they die.”
21. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
22. “Take a census also of the sons of Gĕreshon, by their fathers’ house, by their clans.
23. “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter to perform the service, to do the service in the Tent of Meeting.
24. “This is the service of the clans of the Gĕreshonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
25. “And they shall bear the curtains of the Dwelling Place and the Tent of Meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is on it, the covering for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
26. and the screens of the courtyard and the covering for the door of the gate of the courtyard, which is around the Dwelling Place and altar, and their cords, all the equipment for their service and all that is made for them – so shall they serve.
27. “Aharon and his sons are to command all the service of the sons of the Gĕreshonites, all their burden and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all the duty of all their burden.
28. “This is the service of the clans of the sons of Gĕreshon in the Tent of Meeting. And let their duties be under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest.
29. “As for the sons of Merari, register them by their clans and by their fathers’ house.
30. “Register them, from thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
31. “And this is the duty of their burden, according to all their service for the Tent of Meeting: the boards of the Dwelling Place, and its bars, and its columns, and its sockets,
32. and the columns around the courtyard with their sockets, and their pegs, and their cords, with all their equipment and all their service. And assign to each by name the equipment of the duty of their burden.
33. “This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, as all their service for the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar, son of Aharon the priest.”