44. There were 3200 men in the families of the Merari family group who were qualified.
45. So these men from the Merari family group were given their special work. Moses and Aaron did this the way the Lord told Moses to do.
46. So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the Israelites counted all the people in Levi’s family group. They had counted each family and each family group.
47. All the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who qualified to serve were counted. These men were given a special work to do for the Meeting Tent. They did the work of carrying the Meeting Tent when they traveled.
48. The total number was 8580.
49. Each man was counted just as the Lord commanded Moses. Each man was given his own work and told what he must carry just as the Lord had said.