18. "Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites.
19. But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load;
20. but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die."
21. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
22. "Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families;