²¹ and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see^(A) the Lord and many of them perish.^(B)

⁵ When the camp is to move,^(A) Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain^(B) and put it over the ark of the covenant law.^(C)

¹⁵ “After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move,^(A) only then are the Kohathites^(B) to come and do the carrying.^(C) But they must not touch the holy things^(D) or they will die.^(E) The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.

¹⁶ “Eleazar^(A) son of Aaron, the priest, is to have charge of the oil for the light,^(B) the fragrant incense,^(C) the regular grain offering^(D) and the anointing oil. He is to be in charge of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including its holy furnishings and articles.”

²⁰ But the Kohathites must not go in to look^(A) at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”