²¹Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ²²“Take a census^t of the descendants^u of Gershon also, according to their families^v and clans, ²³from those thirty years old^w and above until fifty years old;^x you will muster^y them, all who come to help to do the work of the tent of assembly. ²⁴This is the work of the clans of the Gershonites:^z to serve and to carry. ²⁵They will carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of assembly and its covering and the covering of fine leather,^a which is on top of it,^b and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of assembly, ²⁶and the curtains of the courtyard, and the covering for the doorway of the gate of the courtyard, which is all around on the tabernacle and altar, and their cords and all the vessels of their work; and all that is done to them they will do. ²⁷And all the work of the descendants^c of the Gershonites^d will be at the command^e of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry. ²⁸This is the work of the clan of the descendants^f of the Gershonites^g in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility lies under the direction^h of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

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Footnotes

tLiterally “And lift up the number of”
uOr “sons”
vLiterally “the house of their fathers”
wLiterally “a son of twenty years”
xLiterally “a son of fifty years”
yOr “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
zHebrew “Gershonite”
aLiterally “the hide of a sea cow”
bLiterally “is above upon it”
cOr “sons”
dHebrew “Gershonite”
eLiterally “the mouth”
fOr “sons”
gHebrew “Gershonite”
hLiterally “in the hand”