3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen, a wagon for two of the leaders, and for each one an ox. And they brought them before the tabernacle.
4 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
5 Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.
6 Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should carry on their shoulders.