Numbers 4:28

28 This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 4:28 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 4:28

This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon,
&c.] Which they should execute when the camp and tabernacle were in motion:

in the tabernacle of the congregation in the court;
where they should take up their burdens, or which lie in things respecting the tabernacle; this was the part they were to be employed in, namely, in taking care of the hangings of the tabernacle

and their charge [shall be] under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest;
the things committed to their care were delivered by him to them, and they were under his inspection and direction.

Numbers 4:28 In-Context

26 And all the curtains of the court which were upon the tabernacle of witness, and the appendages, and all the vessels of service that they minister with they shall attend to.

27 According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gedson, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them.

28 This is the service of the sons of Gedson in the tabernacle of witness, and their charge by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

29 The sons of Merari according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, take ye the number of them.

30 Take the number of them from five and twenty years old and upwards until fifty years old, every one that goes in to perform the services of the tabernacle of witness.