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, set out.
but they shall not come in to see the holy objects even for a moment, 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 counted, everyone by his serving or carrying; so these were his numbered men, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
