And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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;
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.
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.
