Numbers 4:27-29

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁷ All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the ^[a]command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. ²⁸ This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be ^[b]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Duties of the Merarites

²⁹ “As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers’ households;