The Lord said to Moses,
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and Merarites, who carried it, set out.
But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”
“Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans.
At the Lord’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry. Thus they were counted, as the Lord commanded Moses.
