23. From thirty years old and up to fifty years old you shall number them, all who enter for service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.
24. This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens [when on the march]:
25. And they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of dolphin or porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the hanging or screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
26. And the hangings of the court, and the hanging or screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar [of burnt offering], and their cords, and all the equipment for their service; whatever needs to be done with them, that they shall do.
27. Under the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all they have to carry and in all they have to do; and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry [on the march].
28. This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting; and their work shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest.
29. As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and their fathers' houses;
30. From thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.
31. And this is what they are assigned to carry and to guard [on the march], according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the boards or frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets or bases,
32. And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets or bases, and pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories for service; and you shall assign to them by name the articles which they are to carry [on the march].
33. This is the work of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their tasks in the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest.
34. And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and their fathers' houses,
35. From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting;