And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
Numbers 4:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) This is the service of the families 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: |
And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords; all the service pertaining to these.
And 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 sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.
but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,
from thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall number them, all who can enter for service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.
they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tent of meeting with its covering, and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
All the service of the sons 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 their charge all that they are to carry.
from thirty years old up to fifty years old, every one that could enter to do the work of service and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,
According to the commandment of the Lord through Moses they were appointed, each to his task of serving or carrying; thus they were numbered by him, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service;