They are to perform duties for him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.

Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near it was to be put to death.

“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

“They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, with its lamps, snuffers, and firepans, as well as its jars of oil by which they service it.

Register men from 30 years old to 50 years old, everyone who is qualified to perform service, to do work at the tent of meeting.

This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transportation duties:

the hangings of the courtyard, the screen for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and the altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. They will carry out everything that needs to be done with these items.

“All the service of the Gershonites, all their transportation duties and all their other work, is to be done at the command of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.

This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting, and their duties will be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

This is the service of the Merarite clans regarding all their work at the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

“Accept these from them to be used in the work of the tent of meeting, and give this offering to the Levites, to each division according to their service.”

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.

“In regard to the Levites: From 25 years old or more, a man enters the service in the work at the tent of meeting.

But at 50 years old he is to retire from his service in the work and no longer serve.