The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.
Numbers 4:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transportation duties: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens [when on the march]: American Standard Version (1901) This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens: Common English Bible This is the duty of the Gershonite clans for work and for carrying the load: Catholic Public Domain Version This is the duty of the family of the Gershonites: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This is the office of the family of the Gersonites: |
The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.
The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, and the tent ropes #– #all the work relating to these.
‘Aaron and his sons are to finish covering the holy objects and all their equipment whenever the camp is to move on. The Kohathites will come and carry them, but they are not to touch the holy objects or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the tent of meeting.
Do this for them so that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and transportation duty.
Register men from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who is qualified to perform service, to do work at the tent of meeting.
they are to transport the tabernacle curtains, the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering made of fine leather on top of it, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,
‘All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
from thirty years old to fifty years old, everyone who was qualified to do the work of serving at the tent of meeting and transporting it.
At the Lord’s command they were registered under the direction of Moses, each one according to his work and transportation duty, and his assignment was as the Lord commanded Moses.
He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,