The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

革顺的子孙在会幕中所要看守的，就是帐幕和罩棚，并罩棚的盖与会幕的门帘，

革顺的子孙在会幕中要看守的是帐幕、罩棚、罩棚的盖、会幕的门帘、

革顺的子孙在会幕中要看守的是帐幕、罩棚、罩棚的盖、会幕的门帘、

他们负责看守会幕，即圣幕、圣幕的罩棚、顶盖和门帘、

革顺的子孙在会幕中的职分，是看守帐幕、罩棚、罩棚的顶盖和会幕门口的帘子，

革順的子孫在會幕中所要看守的，就是帳幕和罩棚，並罩棚的蓋與會幕的門簾，

革順的子孫在會幕中要看守的是帳幕、罩棚、罩棚的蓋、會幕的門簾、

革順的子孫在會幕中要看守的是帳幕、罩棚、罩棚的蓋、會幕的門簾、

他們負責看守會幕，即聖幕、聖幕的罩棚、頂蓋和門簾、

革順的子孫在會幕中的職分，是看守帳幕、罩棚、罩棚的頂蓋和會幕門口的簾子，

革順的子孫在會棚中的職守是帳幕、罩棚、罩棚的遮蓋、和會棚出入處的簾子、

革順子孫、於會幕中所當守者、幕與帷、及其幬、會幕門㡘、

革順人所守者、會幕、及其蓋、幬為幕門、

革順子孫、在會幕中所守者、即幕、外幕、幕蓋、會幕之門簾、

At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting,

Here are the duties of the families of Gershon at the tent of meeting. They were responsible for taking care of the holy tent and its coverings. They took care of the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

These two clans were responsible to care for the Tabernacle, including the sacred tent with its layers of coverings, the curtain at its entrance,

The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,

The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation[ shall be] the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

And the responsibilities of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

According to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all of its furniture, even so you shall make it.

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

All the wise- hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet. They made them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman.The length of each curtain was twenty- eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.He coupled five curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he coupled to one another.He made loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling. Likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second coupling.He made fifty loops in the one curtain, and he made fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that was in the second coupling. The loops were opposite to one another.He made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains to one another with the clasps: so the tabernacle was a unit.He made curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. He made them eleven curtains.The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the width of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.He coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.He made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the coupling, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which was outermost in the second coupling.He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together, that it might be a unit.He made a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s house.

“ You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold. You shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.

He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;and the five pillars of it with their hooks. He overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold, and their five sockets were of bronze.

I said to them,“ You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.”So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

He put up the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.

I commit this instruction to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies which were given to you before, that by them you may wage the good warfare,

“ This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, the covering of sealskin that is on it, the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the gate of the court which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. They shall serve in there.At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting. Their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in Yahweh’s house, and they prepared them.They brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them, and Shimei his brother was second.Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of God’s house.Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east gate, was over the free will offerings of God, to distribute Yahweh’s offerings and the most holy things.Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, to the great as well as to the small;in addition to those who were listed by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into Yahweh’s house, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;and those who were listed by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

They shall keep his requirements, and the requirements of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tabernacle above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of Yahweh’s house.

Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of Yahweh’s camp.

“ It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers( Shallum was the chief),who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over Yahweh’s camp, keepers of the entry.Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.They stayed around God’s house, because that duty was on them; and to their duty was its opening morning by morning.Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.These are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the rooms and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.

“ Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim. You shall make them with the work of a skillful workman.The length of each curtain shall be twenty- eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the edge in the coupling, and you shall do likewise on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second coupling.You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops in the edge of the curtain that is in the second coupling. The loops shall be opposite one another.You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains to one another with the clasps. The tabernacle shall be a unit.“ You shall make curtains of goats’ hair for a covering over the tabernacle. You shall make eleven curtains.The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.You shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent.You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outermost in the coupling, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is outermost in the second coupling.You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.The overhanging part that remains of the curtains of the tent— the half curtain that remains— shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.The cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.You shall make a covering for the tent of rams’ skins dyed red, and a covering of sea cow hides above.

Tell Archippus,“ Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.”

He gave two wagons and four oxen to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.