And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;
According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
