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"Do not cut off the clan of K'hat from among the L'vi'im;
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rather, do this for them, so that they will live and not die: when they approach the especially holy things, Aharon and his sons are to go in -and you are to assign each one his task;
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but the descendants of K'hat are not to go in and look at the holy things as they are being covered; if they do, they will die."
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"Take a census of the descendants of Gershon also, by clans and families;
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count all those between thirty and fifty years old, all who will enter the corps doing the work of serving in the tent of meeting.
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"The Gershon families are to be responsible for serving and for transporting loads.
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They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, its covering, the fine leather covering above it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
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the tapestries for the courtyard, and the screen for the entrance to the courtyard by the tabernacle and around the altar, along with the ropes and all the utensils they need for their service; and they are to do the work connected with these things.
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Aharon and his sons are to supervise all the work of the Gershon clan in transporting loads and serving, and to assign them who is to carry what.
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This is how the Gershon families are to serve in the tent of meeting, and they are to be under the direction of Itamar the son of Aharon the cohen.