Numbers 4:20-22

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

²⁰ But [the Kohathites] shall not go in to see the sanctuary [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] or its holy things, even for an instant, lest they die.

²¹ And the Lord said to Moses,

²² Take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers’ houses, by their families.