Numbers 4:24-49 ▼

24 This the service from the families of the Gershonites, for service, and for lifting up:

25 And they lifted up the curtains of the dwelling and the tent of appointment, its covering, and the covering of tahash which is upon it from above, and the covering of the door of the tent of appointment.

26 And the curtains of the enclosure, and the covering of the door of the gate of the enclosure which is by the dwelling and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the vessels of their service, and all which shall be made for them: and they shall serve.

27 At the mouth of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites for all their lifting up and for all their service: and ye shall appoint upon them in their watches all their lifting up.

28 This the service from the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of appointment: and their watches in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

29 The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, thou shalt review them;

30 From the son of thirty years and above, and even to the son of fifty years, thou shalt review them all going forth to war, to serve the service of the tent of appointment.

31 And this the watches from their lifting up, for all their service in the tent of appointment; the boards of the dwelling, and its bars and its pillars, and its bases,

32 And the pillars of the enclosure round about, and their bases, and their pegs, and their cords for all their vessels, and for all their service: and by name ye shall review the vessels of the watches of their lifting up.

33 This the service from the families of the sons of Merari, for all their service in the tent of appointment, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.

34 And Moses shall review, and Aaron, and the chiefs of the assembly, the sons of the Kohathites, according to their families, and according to the house of their fathers,

35 From the son of thirty years and above, even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to war, to the service in the tent of appointment.

36 And they being numbered according to their families shall be two thousand seven hundred and fifty.

37 These the reviews of the families of the Kohathites, all serving in the tent of appointment, whom Moses reviewed and Aaron, at the mouth of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.

38 And they being reviewed of the sons of Gershon, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers,

39 From the son of thirty years and above, even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to war, for the service in the tent of appointment,

40 And they being reviewed according to their families, according to the house of their fathers, shall be two thousand six hundred and thirty.

41 These the reviewings of the families of the sons of Gershon, all serving in the tent of appointment, whom Moses reviewed and Aaron, at the mouth of Jehovah.

42 And they being reviewed of the families of the sons of Merari, according to their families, according to the house of their fathers,

43 From the son of thirty years, even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to war, for the service in the tent of appointment;

44 And they being reviewed according to their families, shall be three thousand and two hundred.

45 These the reviewings of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses reviewed and Aaron, at the mouth of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses.

46 All the reviewings which Moses reviewed, and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel, the Levites, according to their families, and according to the house of their fathers,

47 From the son of thirty years and above, and even to the son of fifty years, all going forth to serve the works of the service, and the works of lifting up in the tent of appointment;

48 And they being reviewed shall be eight thousand and five hundred and eighty.

49 At the mouth of Jehovah he reviewed them by the hand of Moses, a man, a man for his works and for his lifting up: and they were reviewed which Jehovah commanded Moses.