And those of the sons of Merari who were numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses,
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;
This is the number of the sons of Gershon who did the work in the Tent of meeting, as they were numbered by Moses and Aaron at the order of the Lord.
All those from thirty to fifty years old who did the work in the Tent of meeting,