Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, moved out.
But the Kohathites shall not go in to see the holy things, even for an instant, or they will die.”
“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ households, by their families.
According to the commandment of the Lord through Moses, they were numbered, each assigned to his work of serving and carrying. Thus they were numbered by him, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
