5. “Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service.”
6. Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites.
7. He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
8. and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9. But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
10. The princes gave offerings for the dedication of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes gave their offerings before the altar.