Numbers 4:21–32

²¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

²²Take the sum of the sons of Gerson also by their houses and families and kindreds.

²³From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old. Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.

²⁴This is the office of the family of the Gersonites:

²⁵To carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the roof of the covenant, the other covering, and the violet covering over all, and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the tabernacle of the covenant,

²⁶The curtains of the court, and the veil in the entry that is before tabernacle. All things that pertain to the altar, the cords and the vessels of the ministry,

²⁷The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the commandment of Aaron and his sons: and each man shall know to what burden he must be assigned.

²⁸This is the service of the family of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

²⁹Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the families and houses of their fathers,

³⁰From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old, all that go in to the office of their ministry, and to the service of the covenant of the testimony.

³¹These are their burdens: They shall carry the boards of the tabernacle and the bars thereof, the pillars and their sockets,

³²The pillars also of the court round about, with their sockets and pins and cords. They shall receive by account all the vessels and furniture, and so shall carry them.