Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;
This command belongs to the instructions for counting the Levites and assigning them to tabernacle service. The sons of Gershon were descendants of Gershon and formed one of Levi's three divisions. The counting was organized throughout ancestral houses and families, as a census by ancestral households and families. The Gershonites were entrusted with the tabernacle's curtains and hangings, a work set apart from the duties assigned to the other divisions.
The Levites' service included taking down, setting up, and carrying the tabernacle and its sacred furnishings. Particular Levites were orderly appointed by God to carry and care for the tabernacle rather than leaving that work to anyone who chose it or to personal choice. Their work with the tabernacle was to be carried out with reverence for its sacredness as part of Israel's carefully ordered arrangement.
This command belongs to the instructions for counting the Levites and assigning them to tabernacle service. The sons of Gershon were descendants of Gershon and formed one of Levi's three divisions. The counting was organized throughout ancestral houses and families, as a census by ancestral households and families. The Gershonites were entrusted with the tabernacle's curtains and hangings, a work set apart from the duties assigned to the other divisions.
The Levites' service included taking down, setting up, and carrying the tabernacle and its sacred furnishings. Particular Levites were orderly appointed by God to carry and care for the tabernacle rather than leaving that work to anyone who chose it or to personal choice. Their work with the tabernacle was to be carried out with reverence for its sacredness as part of Israel's carefully ordered arrangement.