Next, count the sons of Merari, according to their families and their ancestral houses,
the posts of the surrounding courtyard, their bases, pegs and ropes.
This is the duty of the families of the sons of the Gershonites regarding the Tent of Meeting. Their duty will be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the kohen.
sons 30 years old and upward to 50, everyone coming to work in the service of the Tent of Meeting.
and four carts and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, as their work required, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the kohen.