28. This is the service of the family of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29. Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers,
30. From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their ministry, and to the service of the covenant of the testimony.
31. These are their burdens: They shall carry the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof, the pillars and their sockets,
32. The pillars also of the court round about, with their sockets and pins and cords. They shall receive by account all the vessels and furniture, and so shall carry them.
33. This is the office of the family of the Merarites, and their ministry in the tabernacle of the covenant: and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
34. So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the synagogue reckoned up the sons of Caath, by their kindreds and the houses of their fathers,
35. From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the ministry of the tabernacle of the covenant:
36. And they were found two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37. This is the number of the people of Caath that go in to the tabernacle of the covenant: these did Moses and Aaron number according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
38. The sons of Gerson also were numbered by the kindreds and houses of their fathers,