Numbers 4:27

27 "All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads.

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 carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service; and all that is to be done, they shall perform.

27 "All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads.

28 "This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

29 "As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' households;

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "mouth"