29"Register the Merarites by families and households.
30Register all the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who are qualified to serve at the tent of meeting.
31These are their duties as they work at the tent of meeting: They will carry the framework for the inner tent, the crossbars, posts, and sockets,
32the posts for the surrounding courtyard, the bases, pegs, and ropes. They must take care of all this equipment. Tell each man by name the things he will carry.
33This is what the Merarite families will do as they work at the tent of meeting. Ithamar, son of the priest Aaron, will be in charge of them."
34Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the community registered the Kohathites by their families and households. 35They registered all the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to work at the tent of meeting. 36The total of those who were registered was 2,750. They were listed by families. 37This was the total of all those in the Kohathite families who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron did as the LORD had commanded Moses and registered the Kohathites.
38The Gershonites were registered by families and households. 39All the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to serve at the tent of meeting were registered. 40The total of those who were registered was 2,630. They were listed by families and households. 41This was the total of all those in the Gershonite families who worked at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron did as the LORD had commanded Moses and registered the Gershonites.
42The Merarites were registered by families and households. 43All the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to serve at the tent of meeting were registered. 44The total of all those who were registered was 3,200. They were listed by families. 45This was the total of those registered in the Merarite families. Moses and Aaron did as the LORD had commanded Moses and registered the Merarites.
46The grand total of all the Levites whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel registered was 8,580. They were listed by families and households. 47These were the men between the ages of 30 and 50 who were qualified to do the work of serving and who carried the tent of meeting. 49At the LORD's command through Moses each man was registered and told what to do and what to carry. So they were registered as the LORD commanded Moses.
