24. This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.
25. They must carry the curtains for the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is over it, the curtains for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
26. the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the court, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, along with all the furnishings for their service and everything that is made for them. So they are to serve.
27. “All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility.
28. This is the service of the families of the Gershonites concerning the tent of meeting. Their responsibilities will be under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
29. “As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.
30. You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting.
31. This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets,
32. and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry.
33. This is the service of the families of the Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
34. So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,
35. from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting;
36. and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750.
37. These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.
38. Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans,
39. from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting –
40. those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630.
41. These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.
42. Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,
43. from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting –
44. those of them numbered by their families were 3,200.