Numbers 4:34-49

International Standard Version

Responsibilities are Assigned

³⁴ Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses ³⁵ from 30 to 50 years old—that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. ³⁶ The total according to their tribe numbered 2,750 ³⁷ from the tribe of the descendants of Kohath, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the Lord had said, under the supervision of Moses.

³⁸ The tribes and the ancestral houses of the descendants of Gershon were numbered ³⁹ from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. ⁴⁰ The total according to their tribes and ancestral house numbered 2,630 ⁴¹ from the tribes of the descendants of Gershon, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the Lord had said.

⁴² The tribes and ancestral house of Merari were numbered ⁴³ from 30 to 50 years old; that is, everyone who entered the service to perform work at the Tent of Meeting. ⁴⁴ The total according to their tribes numbered 3,200 ⁴⁵ from the tribes of the descendants of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the Lord had said, under the supervision of Moses.

⁴⁶ The total of those who were numbered from the descendants of Levi by Moses and Aaron; that is, from the leaders of Israel counted according to their tribes and ancestral houses ⁴⁷ from 30 to 50 years old, who entered the service for work at the Tent of Meeting ⁴⁸ was 8,580. ⁴⁹ They were numbered under the supervision of Moses according to what the Lord had said. Each person was assigned a responsibility to carry out, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.