"Thisis the serviceof the familiesof the sonsof Merari,according to alltheir servicein the tentof meeting,under the directionof Ithamarthe sonof Aaronthe priest."
Thisis the numberof the thingsfor the tabernacle,the tabernacleof the testimony,as they were numberedaccordingto the commandof Moses,for the serviceof the Levites,by the handof Ithamarthe sonof Aaronthe priest.
Whena manlaysholdof his brotherin his father'shouse,[saying], "You have a cloak,you shall be our ruler,And theseruinswill be underyour charge,"
"Thisis the serviceof the familiesof the sonsof the Gershonitesin the tentof meeting,and their duties[shall be] under the directionof Ithamarthe sonof Aaronthe priest.
and the pillarsaroundthe courtand their socketsand their pegsand their cords,with alltheir equipmentand with alltheir service;and you shall assign[each man] by namethe itemshe is to carry.
So Mosesand Aaronand the leadersof the congregationnumberedthe sonsof the Kohathitesby their familiesand by their fathers'households,
and fourcartsand eightoxenhe gaveto the sonsof Merari,accordingto their service,under the directionof Ithamarthe sonof Aaronthe priest.
And Joshuaspoketo the priests,saying,"Takeup the arkof the covenantand crossoveraheadof the people."So they tookup the arkof the covenantand wentaheadof the people.
