29. Likewise, you shall take a census of the sons of Merari, by the families and houses of their fathers,
30. from thirty years and above, even to fifty years, of all who enter to the office of their ministry and to the service of the covenant of the testimony.
31. These are their burdens: They shall carry the panels of the tabernacle and its bars, the columns and their bases,
32. also the columns surrounding the atrium, with their bases and tent pegs and cords. They shall accept by number all the vessels and articles, and so shall they carry them.
33. This is the office of the family of the Merarites, and their ministry for the tabernacle of the covenant. And they shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest."
34. Therefore, Moses and Aaron, and the leaders of the assembly, took a census of the sons of Kohath, by the kinships and houses of their fathers,
35. from thirty years and above, even to the fiftieth year, of all who enter to the ministry of the tabernacle of the covenant.
36. And there were found two thousand seven hundred fifty.
37. This is the number of the people of Kohath, who enter the tabernacle of the covenant. These Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
38. The sons of Gershon also were numbered by the kinships and houses of their fathers,
39. from thirty years and above, even to the fiftieth year, all who enter so as to minister in the tabernacle of the covenant.
40. And there were found two thousand six hundred thirty.