And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families,
And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward.
According to the commandment of LORD they were numbered by Moses, each man according to his service, and according to his burden. Thus they were numbered by him, as LORD commanded Moses.
