Numbers 4:15-20

Numbers 4:15-20

[15] And when Aaron  and his sons  have made an end  of covering  the sanctuary,  and all the vessels  of the sanctuary,  as the camp  is to set forward;  after  that, the sons  of Kohath  shall come  to bear  it: but they shall not touch  any holy thing,  lest they die.  These things are the burden  of the sons  of Kohath  in the tabernacle  of the congregation.  [16] And to the office  of Eleazar  the son  of Aaron  the priest  pertaineth the oil  for the light,  and the sweet  incense,  and the daily  meat offering,  and the anointing  oil,  and the oversight  of all the tabernacle,  and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary,  and in the vessels  thereof. [17] spake  unto Moses  and unto Aaron,  saying,  [18] Cut ye not off  the tribe  of the families  of the Kohathites  from among  the Levites:  [19] But thus do  unto them, that they may live,  and not die,  when they approach  unto the most  Aaron  and his sons  shall go in,  and appoint  them every  to his service  and to his burden:  [20] But they shall not go in  to see  when the holy things  are covered,  lest they die.