Numbers 4:24-49 ▼

24 |These are the responsibilities that the descendants of Gershon are to have:

25 They are to carry the curtain of the tent, the covering of the Tent of Meeting, the dyed leather covering that goes over it, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

26 the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tent, the altar, the ropes, all the service utensils, and everything made for them. This is to be their service area.

27 The descendants of Gershon are to carry out the instructions of Aaron and his sons. You are to assign them their responsibilities to carry out.

28 This is the work of the tribes of Gershon at the Tent of Meeting—their duties under the supervision of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

29 |For the descendants of Merari, number them according to their tribes and ancestral houses

30 from 30 to 50 years old as you count them, including everyone who can enter service and perform work at the Tent of Meeting.

31 This is to be their area of responsibility to carry out with respect to their service at the Tent of Meeting: the board of the tent, its bars, its crossbars, its sockets,

32 the pillars around the courtyard, their sockets, their pegs, their ropes, and all the utensils for all their services. Assign the utensils by name to each person whose responsibility it will be to carry them.

33 This is the work of the tribes of the descendants of Merari with reference to their service at the Tent of Meeting under the supervision of Aaron the priest's son Ithamar.|

34 Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses

35 from 30 to 50 fifty years old—that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting.

36 The total according to their tribe numbered 2,750

37 from the tribe of the descendants of Kohath, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses.

38 The tribes and the ancestral houses of the descendants of Gershon were numbered

39 from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting.

40 The total according to their tribes and ancestral house numbered 2,630

41 from the tribes of the descendants of Gershon, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said.

42 The tribes and ancestral house of Merari were numbered

43 from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting.

44 The total according to their tribes numbered 3,200

45 from the tribes of the descendants of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses.

46 The total of those who were numbered from the descendants of Levi by Moses and Aaron; that is, from the leaders of Israel counted according to their tribes and ancestral houses

47 from 30 to 50 years old, who entered the service for work at the Tent of Meeting

48 was 8,580.

49 They were numbered under the supervision of Moses according to what the LORD had said. Each person was assigned a responsibility to carry out, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.