Then the Kohathitessetout, carryingthe holy[objects]; and the tabernaclewas setup beforetheir arrival.
ThenDavidsaid,"Noone is to carrythe arkof Godbut the Levites;for the LORDchosethem to carrythe arkof Godand to ministerto Him forever."
Thesewere the sonsof Leviaccording to their fathers'households,[even] the headsof the fathers'[households] of those of them who were counted,in the numberof namesby their census,doingthe workfor the serviceof the houseof the LORD,from twentyyearsoldand upward.
"So when the tabernacleis to setout, the Levitesshall takeit down;and when the tabernacleencamps,the Levitesshall setit up. But the laymanwho comesnearshall be putto death.
Then the tabernaclewas takendown;and the sonsof Gershonand the sonsof Merari,who were carryingthe tabernacle,setout.
and Eliasaphthe sonof Deuelwas overthe tribalarmyof the sonsof Gad.
"Then the tentof meetingshall setout [with] the campof the Levitesin the midstof the camps;justas they camp,sothey shall setout, everymanin his placeby their standards.
but they shall not goin to seethe holy[objects] even for a moment,or they will die."
But he did not give[any] to the sonsof Kohathbecausetheirs[was] the serviceof the holy[objects, which] they carriedon the shoulder.
