18. Cut ye not off the shevet (tribe) of the mishpekhot of the Kehati from among the Levi'im;
19. But this do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto kodesh hakodashim (the most holy things): Aharon and his banim shall go in, and appoint them every one to his avodah (service, ministry) and to his massa (burden);
20. But they shall not go in to look for a single instant at hakodesh, lest they die.
21. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,
22. Take also the census of the Bnei Gershon, throughout the bais avot of them, by their mishpekhot;
23. From shloshim shanah (thirty years old) and upward until chamishim shanah (fifty years old) shalt thou number them; all that enter to serve the tz'va (holy militia service of Hashem), to labor in the Avodah in the Ohel Mo'ed.
24. This is the Avodat Mishpekhot Gershoni, as relates to service and massa (burden):