28. This, then, is the task of the clans of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and they shall be under the supervision of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
29. The Merarites, too, you shall enroll by clans and ancestral houses,
30. enrolling all between thirty and fifty years of age who will join the personnel to maintain the tent of meeting.
31. This is what they shall be responsible for carrying, with respect to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle with its bars, columns and pedestals,
32. and the columns of the surrounding court with their pedestals, pegs and ropes, including all their accessories and everything for their maintenance. You shall list by name the objects they shall be responsible for carrying.
33. This, then, is the task of the clans of the Merarites with respect to all their service in the tent of meeting under the supervision of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
34. So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community enrolled the Kohathites, by clans and ancestral houses,
35. all between thirty and fifty years of age who will join the personnel to work in the tent of meeting;
36. their enrollment by clans was two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37. Such was the enrollment of the clans of the Kohathites, everyone who was to serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses enrolled, together with Aaron, as the Lord directed through Moses.
38. As for the enrollment of the Gershonites, by clans and ancestral houses,
39. all between thirty and fifty years of age who will join the personnel to work in the tent of meeting—
40. their enrollment by clans and ancestral houses was two thousand six hundred and thirty.
41. Such was the enrollment of the clans of the Gershonites, everyone who was to serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses enrolled, together with Aaron, as the Lord directed.
42. As for the enrollment of the clans of the Merarites, by clans and ancestral houses,
43. all from thirty up to fifty years of age who will join the personnel to work in the tent of meeting—
44. their enrollment by clans was three thousand two hundred.
45. Such was the enrollment of the clans of the Merarites, whom Moses enrolled, together with Aaron, as the Lord directed through Moses.