“As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral houses.
in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting, and their duties will be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to do the work of the tent of meeting.
and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.