Bamidbar 7:7-9

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁷ Two carts and four oxen he gave unto the Bnei Gershon, according to their service;

⁸ And four carts and eight oxen he gave unto the Bnei Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Itamar ben Aharon HaKohen.

⁹ But unto the Bnei Kehat he gave none, because the service of HaKodesh belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.