45. Such was the enrollment of the clans of the Merarites, whom Moses enrolled, together with Aaron, as the Lord directed through Moses.
46. As for the total enrollment of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron and the Israelite leaders had made, by clans and ancestral houses,
47. all between thirty and fifty years of age who were to undertake tasks of service or transport for the tent of meeting—
48. their total enrollment was eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49. As the Lord directed through Moses, they gave each of them their assignments for service and for transport; just as the Lord had commanded Moses.