Numbers 3:36-39 The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment

MSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁶ The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items, ³⁷ as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes. ³⁸ Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death. ³⁹ The total number of Levites that Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command, including all the males a month old or more, was 22,000.