The Merarites were counted by their clans and families.
the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
And they distributed to the priests enrolled by their families in the genealogical records and likewise to the Levites twenty years old or more, according to their responsibilities and their divisions.
This was the total of those in the Gershonite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the Lord’s command.
All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting,