4 ^bThis is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: ^cthe most holy things. 5 When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the ^dveil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it. 6 Then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin¹ and spread on top of that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its ^epoles.

15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, ^kas the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they ^ldie. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

17 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 18 “Let not the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites, 19 but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden, 20 but they shall not go in to ^qlook on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.”