Numbers 4:21–32

Duties of the Sons of Gershon

²¹Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²²“Also take a census of the sons of ^xGershon, by their fathers’ house, by their families. ^23yFrom thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who enter to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of meeting. ²⁴This is the ^zservice of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying: ^25aThey shall carry the ^bcurtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of meeting with its covering, the covering of ^cbadger skins that is on it, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting, ²⁶the screen for the door of the gate of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and altar, and their cords, all the furnishings for their service and all that is made for these things: so shall they serve.

²⁷“Aaron and his sons shall ⁵assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall ⁶appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. ²⁸This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be ^dunder the ⁷authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Duties of the Sons of Merari

²⁹“As for the sons of ^eMerari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house. ^30fFrom thirty years old and above, even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting. ³¹And ^gthis is ^hwhat they must carry as all their service for the tabernacle of meeting: ⁱthe boards of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, ³²and the pillars around the court with their sockets, pegs, and cords, with all their furnishings and all their service; and you shall ^jassign to each man by name the items he must carry.