1. On the day when Moses finished setting up the dwelling, he anointed and made it holy. All its equipment, as well as the altar and all its equipment, he also anointed and made holy.
2. The chiefs of Israel, the leaders of their households, made their presentations. They were the tribal chiefs and those who were in charge of the enlistment.
3. They brought their offerings before the Lord: six covered wagons and twelve oxen—a wagon for every two chiefs, and an ox for every chief. They brought them near before the dwelling.
4. The Lord said to Moses:
5. Take these from them and use them for service in the meeting tent. Give them to the Levites according to their duties.
6. So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and he gave them to the Levites.
7. Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites for their duty.
8. Four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the Merarites for their duty under the supervision of Ithamar, Aaron the priest’s son.