Numbers 4:27

27 According to the word of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ministry of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

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 shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle and the tabernacle of the testimony, its covering, and the covering of badgers’ skins that is over it above and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the testimony

26 and the hangings of the court and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords and all the instruments of their service and all that is made for them; so shall they serve.

27 According to the word of Aaron and his sons shall be all the ministry of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the testimony, and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

29 As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the houses of their fathers.