Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
Then the tabernaclewas takendown;and the sonsof Gershonand the sonsof Merari,who were carryingthe tabernacle,setout.
but they shall not goin to seethe holy[objects] even for a moment,or they will die."
"Takea censusof the sonsof Gershonalso,by their fathers'households,by their families;
Accordingto the commandmentof the LORDthroughMoses,they were numbered,everyoneby his servingor carrying;thus [these were] his numberedmen, justas the LORDhad commandedMoses.