“but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.”
Numbers 4:20 (WEB)
Context Reading
18“Don’t cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites; 19but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden; 20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.” 21Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 22“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ houses, by their families;