17. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
18. “Be careful! Don’t let these Kohathite men be destroyed.
19. You must do these things so that the Kohathite men can go near the most holy things and not die. Aaron and his sons must go in and show each Kohathite man what to do and what to carry.
20. If you don’t do this, the Kohathite men might go in and look at the holy things. If they look at these things, even for a moment, they must die.”
21. The Lord said to Moses,