Numbers 4:15-20 ▼

15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when is set to go the camp, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; and they shall not touch unto any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things that are to carry the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

16 And the appointed duty of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light, and the incense of spices, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings.”

17 And YHWH spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

18 “Do not cut off the tribe of the clans of the Kohathite from the midst of the Levites.

19 And this do in regard to them, that they may live and not die, when they approach the holy of holies: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint every man to his service and his task;

20 they shall not go in to watch the holy things being covered, lest they die.”