17. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
18. "Do not be willing to lose the people of Kohath from the midst of the Levites.
19. But do this for them, so that they may live, and so that they may not die by touching the Holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall enter, and they shall assign the work of each one, and they shall determine what each one ought to carry.
20. Let no others, out of curiosity, see the things that are in the Sanctuary before they are wrapped, otherwise they shall die."
21. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
22. "Now also take a total of the sons of Gershon, by their houses and families and kinships,
23. from thirty years and above, even to fifty years. Number all those who enter and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.