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29 For the descendants[a] of Merari according to their clans, according to their families,[b] you will muster[c] them; 30 from those thirty years old[d] and above until fifty years old;[e] you will muster[f] them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly. 31 And this is the responsibility of those who are to carry,[g] all their work in the tent of assembly: the frames of the tabernacle and its bars, pillars, and bases, 32 and the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their vessels and for all their work. You will appoint by name the vessels that they are responsible to carry. 33 This is the work of the clan of the descendants[h] of Merari, for all their work in the tent of assembly under the direction[i] of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 4:29 Or “sons”
  2. Numbers 4:29 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  3. Numbers 4:29 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  4. Numbers 4:30 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  5. Numbers 4:30 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  6. Numbers 4:30 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  7. Numbers 4:31 Literally “them carrying”
  8. Numbers 4:33 Or “sons”
  9. Numbers 4:33 Literally “in the hand”

29 “As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers’ houses; 30 you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old—everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting. 31 This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle’s boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, 32 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service. You shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden to them by name. 33 This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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