Numbers 4
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Numbers 4:21-33

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.

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