⁴ And the Lord said to Moses,

^{5 Ref} Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting; and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

⁶ So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

^{7 Ref} Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work;

^{8 Ref} And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

^{9 Ref} But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.