“Count the Merarite families and family groups.
They were also responsible for the posts in the courtyard around the Holy Tent and their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
This is the work of the Gershonite family group at the Meeting Tent. Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest, will direct their work.
Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who work at the Meeting Tent.
Then Moses gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, which they needed for their work. Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest, directed the work of all of them.
