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.
41. This is the people of the Gershonites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.
42. The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kinships and houses of their fathers,
43. from thirty years and above, even to the fiftieth year, all who enter to fulfill the rituals of the tabernacle of the covenant.