³³ This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, ^(A)under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

²⁸ This is the service of the clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be ^(A)under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

⁶ And Joshua said to the priests, ^(A)“Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.