Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
Numbers 4:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens [when on the march]: American Standard Version (1901) This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: Common English Bible This is the duty of the Gershonite clans for work and for carrying the load: Catholic Public Domain Version This is the duty of the family of the Gershonites: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the office of the family of the Gersonites: |
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
The responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
the hangings of the court, the screen for the entrance of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service pertaining to these.
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the Kohathites shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, or they will die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the Kohathites are to carry.
This is how you shall deal with them in order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each to a particular task or burden.
from thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall enroll them, all who qualify to do work in the tent of meeting.
They shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting with its covering, and the outer covering of fine leather that is on top of it, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
All the service of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry and in all that they have to do, and you shall assign to them as duties all that they are to carry.
from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who qualified to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens relating to the tent of meeting,
According to the commandment of the Lord through Moses, they were appointed to their several tasks of serving or carrying; thus they were enrolled by him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the Gershonites, according to their service,