24 "This is the service of the Gershonite clans in their carrying and their other work:
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
24 This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:
24 "The Gershonites by family and clan will serve by carrying heavy loads:
24 This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and carrying:
24 "These Gershonite clans will be responsible for general service and carrying loads.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 4:24
Commentary on Numbers 4:21-33
(Read Numbers 4:21-33)
We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and to be done regularly. All the things were delivered them by name. It intimates the care God takes of his church and every member of it. The death of the saints is represented as the taking down of the tabernacle, 2 Peter 1:14. All shall be raised up in the great day, when these vile bodies shall be made like the glorious body of Jesus Christ, and so shall be for ever with the Lord.