Numbers 4:24

24 "This is what the Gershonite family groups must do and what they must carry.

Numbers 4:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:24

This [is] the service of the families of the Gershonites, to
serve, and for burdens.
] The former of these phrases Aben Ezra interprets of setting up the tabernacle, making the bread (the shewbread), slaying (the sacrifices), and keeping, that is, watching and guarding, the tabernacle; and the latter of what they did when journeying, bearing and carrying the things assigned to them, afterwards mentioned.

Numbers 4:24 In-Context

22 "Count the Gershonites by families and family groups.

23 Count the men from thirty to fifty years old, all who have a job to do in the Meeting Tent.

24 "This is what the Gershonite family groups must do and what they must carry.

25 They must carry the curtains of the Holy Tent, the Meeting Tent, its covering, and its outer covering made from fine leather. They must also carry the curtains for the entrance to the Meeting Tent,

26 the curtains of the courtyard that goes around the Holy Tent and the altar, the curtain for the entry to the courtyard, the ropes, and all the things used with the curtains. They must do everything connected with these things.