Numbers 4:34–49

The Levite Families

³⁴Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel counted the Kohathites by families and family groups, ³⁵the men from thirty to fifty years old who were to work at the Meeting Tent. ³⁶There were 2,750 men in the family groups. ³⁷This was the total of the Kohath family groups who worked at the Meeting Tent, whom Moses and Aaron counted as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁸Also, the Gershonites were counted by families and family groups, ³⁹the men from thirty to fifty years old who were given work at the Meeting Tent. ⁴⁰The families and family groups had 2,630 men. ⁴¹This was the total of the Gershon family groups who worked at the Meeting Tent, whom Moses and Aaron counted as the Lord had commanded.

⁴²Also, the men in the families and family groups of the Merari family were counted, ⁴³the men from thirty to fifty years old who were to work at the Meeting Tent. ⁴⁴The family groups had 3,200 men. ⁴⁵This was the total of the Merari family groups, whom Moses and Aaron counted as the Lord had commanded Moses.

⁴⁶So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel counted all the Levites by families and family groups. ⁴⁷They counted the men from thirty to fifty who were given work at the Meeting Tent and who carried the Tent. ⁴⁸The total number of these men was 8,580. ⁴⁹Each man was counted as the Lord had commanded Moses; each man was given his work and told what to carry as the Lord had commanded Moses.