14. and shall put on it all its utensils by which they serve there: the fire holders, the forks, and the shovels, and the basins, and all the utensils of the altar, and shall spread on it a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles.
15. “And when Aharon and his sons have finished covering the set-apart objects and all the furnishings of the Set-apart Place at the breaking of camp, then the sons of Qehath shall come to lift them, but let them not touch that which is set-apart, lest they die. These matters are the burden of the sons of Qehath in the Tent of Meeting.
16. “And the oversight of El‛azar, son of Aharon the priest, is the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the Dwelling Place and all that is in it, with the set-apart place and its furnishings.”
17. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, and to Aharon, saying,
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: