2 Then the leaders of Israel made offerings. These were the heads of the families, the leaders of each tribe who counted the people.
3 They brought to the Lord six covered carts and twelve oxen—each leader giving an ox, and every two leaders giving a cart. They brought these to the Holy Tent.
4 The Lord said to Moses,
5 “Accept these gifts from the leaders and use them in the work of the Meeting Tent. Give them to the Levites as they need them.”
6 So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, which they needed for their work.
8 Then Moses gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, which they needed for their work. Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest, directed the work of all of them.