As for the sons of Merari The third and youngest son of Levi:
thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; which is the form of expression used of them all; (See Gill on Numbers 4:2).
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All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
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This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
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As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their clans and families,
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from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
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This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,