This, shall be the labour of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting,—and, the charge of them, shall be in the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest.
from thirty years old and upwards even to fifty years, shall ye number them,—all that enter into the host, to do laborious work in the tent of meeting,
and four of the waggons, and eight of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Merari,—according to the need of their laborious work, in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest;