Then the Tabernacle was disassembled, and the sons of Gershon and Merari, who were carrying it, set out.
Numbers 4:24 - Tree of Life Version This is the task of the Gershonite families in working and carrying burdens. 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: |
Then the Tabernacle was disassembled, and the sons of Gershon and Merari, who were carrying it, set out.
The duties of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting were the Tabernacle, the tent, its coverings, the curtain of the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,
the curtains of the courtyard, the screen of the entrance of the courtyard around the Tabernacle and altar, its ropes and all related to its use.
“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the Sanctuary and all its holy implements, and when the camp is ready to move out, after this the sons of Kohath may come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy items or they will die. These are the task of the sons of Kohath with regard to the Tent of Meeting.
Do this for them so that they may live and not die whenever they approach the most holy items–-Aaron and his sons are to go into the Sanctuary and assign each man his job and his responsibility.
Count all the males from 30 to 50 years of age, everyone coming to work in the service of the Tent of Meeting.
They are to carry the curtains of the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the outer covering of porpoise hide, the curtains for the entrance for the Tent of Meeting,
The sons of the Gershonites are to do all their tasks, whether carrying or doing other work, according to the word of Aaron and his sons. You are to assign to them all that is their responsibility to carry.
All the men from 30 to 50 years old who came to do the work of the service and of carrying the Tent of Meeting
From the mouth of Adonai by Moses’s hand, each man was assigned his work and his burden to carry. So they were counted, as Adonai commanded Moses.
He gave two carts and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, as their work required,