Numbers 4:17-49

17And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872 and to AaronH175, sayingH559, 18Ye shall not cutH3772 off the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956 from among the LevitesH3881, 19but this shall ye do unto them, that they may liveH2421, and not dieH4191, when they drawH5066 near unto the most holyH6944 thingsH6944: AaronH175 and his sonsH1121 shall goH935 in, and appointH7760 them every oneH376 to his serviceH5656 and to his burdenH4853; 20but they shall not goH935 in and seeH7200 for a moment the holyH6944 thingsH6944, lest they dieH4191. 21And Jehovah spokeH1696 to MosesH4872, sayingH559, 22TakeH5375 alsoH1571 the sum of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648, according to their fathers' housesH1004, after their familiesH4940. 23From thirtyH7970 yearsH8141 old and upwardH4605 to fiftyH2572 yearsH8141 old shalt thou number them; every one that cometh to labour in the workH5656, to perform the serviceH5656 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150. 24This shall be the serviceH5656 of the familiesH4940 of the Gershonites, in servingH5647, and in carrying: 25they shall carryH5375 the curtainsH3407 of the tabernacleH4908, and the tentH168 of meetingH4150, its coveringH4372, and the coveringH4372 of badgers' skin that is above upon it, and the curtainH3407 of the entranceH6607 to the tentH168 of meetingH4150, 26and the hangings of the courtH2691, and the curtain of the entranceH6607, of the gateH8179 of the courtH2691, which surroundeth the tabernacleH4908 and the altarH4196, and the cordsH4340 thereof, and all the instrumentsH3627 of their serviceH5656; and all that is to be done for these things shall they perform. 27At the commandment of AaronH175 and his sonsH1121 shall beH1961 all the serviceH5656 of the sonsH1121 of the Gershonites, in all their carrying, and in all their serviceH5656; and ye shall appointH6485 unto them in chargeH4931 all their carrying. 28This is the serviceH5656 of the familiesH4940 of the sonsH1121 of Gershon in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, and their chargeH4931 shall be under the handH3027 of IthamarH385 the sonH1121 of AaronH175 the priestH3548. 29The sonsH1121 of MerariH4847: after their familiesH4940, according to their fathers' housesH1004 shalt thou number them; 30from thirtyH7970 yearsH8141 old and upwardH4605 even to fiftyH2572 yearsH8141 old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the labour, to perform the serviceH5656 of the tentH168 of meetingH4150. 31And this shall be the chargeH4931 of their burdenH4853, according to all their serviceH5656 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150: the boards of the tabernacleH4908, and the barsH1280 thereof, and the pillarsH5982 thereof, and bases thereof, 32and the pillarsH5982 of the courtH2691 roundH5439 about, and their bases, and their pegsH3489, and their cordsH4340, all their instrumentsH3627, according to all their serviceH5656; and by nameH8034 ye shall number to them the materials which are their chargeH4931 to carryH4853. 33This is the serviceH5656 of the familiesH4940 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, according to all their serviceH5656 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, under the handH3027 of IthamarH385 the sonH1121 of AaronH175 the priestH3548. 34And MosesH4872 and AaronH175 and the princesH5387 of the assemblyH5712 numbered the sonsH1121 of the KohathitesH6956 after their familiesH4940, and according to their fathers' housesH1004, 35from thirtyH7970 yearsH8141 old and upwardH4605 even to fiftyH2572 yearsH8141 old, every one that entered into the labour, for serviceH5656 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150. 36And those that wereH1961 numbered of them according to their familiesH4940 wereH1961 twoH3967 thousandH505 sevenH7651 hundredH3967 and fiftyH2572. 37These are they that were numbered of the familiesH4940 of the KohathitesH6956, every one that servedH5647 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, whom MosesH4872 and AaronH175 numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through MosesH4872. 38And those that were numbered of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648, after their familiesH4940, and according to their fathers' housesH1004, 39from thirtyH7970 yearsH8141 old and upwardH4605 even to fiftyH2572 yearsH8141 old, every one that entered into the labour, for serviceH5656 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, 40even those that wereH1961 numbered of them, after their familiesH4940, according to their fathers' housesH1004, wereH1961 twoH3967 thousandH505 sixH8337 hundredH3967 and thirtyH7970. 41These are they that were numbered of the familiesH4940 of the sonsH1121 of GershonH1648, all that servedH5647 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, whom MosesH4872 and AaronH175 numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah. 42And those that were numbered of the familiesH4940 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, after their familiesH4940, according to their fathers' housesH1004, 43from thirtyH7970 yearsH8141 old and upwardH4605 even to fiftyH2572 yearsH8141 old, every one that entered into the labour, for serviceH5656 in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, 44even those that wereH1961 numbered of them according to their familiesH4940, wereH1961 threeH7969 thousandH505 twoH3967 hundredH3967. 45These are they that were numbered of the familiesH4940 of the sonsH1121 of MerariH4847, whom MosesH4872 and AaronH175 numbered according to the commandment of Jehovah through MosesH4872. 46All those that were numbered of the LevitesH3881, whom MosesH4872 and AaronH175 and the princesH5387 of IsraelH3478 numbered, after their familiesH4940 and according to their fathers' housesH1004, 47from thirtyH7970 yearsH8141 old and upwardH4605 even to fiftyH2572 yearsH8141 old, every one that cameH935 to serveH5647 [in] the workH5656 of the serviceH5656, and [in] the workH5656 of carrying, in the tentH168 of meetingH4150, 48even those that wereH1961 numbered of them, wereH1961 eightH8083 thousandH505 fiveH2568 hundredH3967 and eightyH8084. 49According to the commandment of Jehovah they were numbered by MosesH4872, every oneH376 for his serviceH5656, and for his burdenH4853, and numbered by him, as Jehovah had commandedH6680 MosesH4872.