Numbers 4:27

27 All the duties of the Gershonites for carrying their load and for their work will be at the command of Aaron and his sons. You will assign to them the responsibility to carry their load.

Numbers 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:27

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons
As they shall order and direct:

shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites;
everyone of them was to take their share, as Aaron and his sons should appoint them:

in all their burdens, and in all their service;
what each of them should carry, and in what they should perform duty:

and ye shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens;
charge them carefully to keep all that were committed to them to bear, that none be lost, not a pin nor a cord.

Numbers 4:27 In-Context

25 They will carry the fabric of the dwelling, the meeting tent with its covering, the outer covering of fine leather, the screen for the entrance of the meeting tent,

26 the curtains of the courtyard, the screen of the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the meeting tent and the altar, their cords, and all their equipment for their work. They will do everything that needs to be done with these objects.

27 All the duties of the Gershonites for carrying their load and for their work will be at the command of Aaron and his sons. You will assign to them the responsibility to carry their load.

28 This is the work of the Gershonite clans in the dwelling. Their responsibility will be under Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

29 You will enroll the Merarites by their clans and their households.