But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. {to perform...: Heb. to war the warfare}

This {is} the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: {burdens: or, carriage}