4. the Lord said to Moses,
5. “Accept these gifts for use in the work to be done for the Tent; give them to the Levites according to the work they have to do.”
6. So Moses gave the wagons and the oxen to the Levites.
7. He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonites,
8. and four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarites. All their work was to be done under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron.
9. But Moses gave no wagons or oxen to the Kohathites, because the sacred objects they took care of had to be carried on their shoulders.
84-88. The totals of the offerings brought by the twelve leaders for the dedication of the altar were as follows:— twelve silver bowls and twelve silver basins weighing a total of 27.6 kilogrammes— twelve gold dishes weighing a total of 1.32 kilogrammes, filled with incense— twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old lambs, together with the grain offerings that go with them, for the burnt offerings— twelve goats for the sin offerings— 24 bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, sixty one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offerings