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Numbers 4:29-33 meaning
The last family discussed are the sons of Merari, the third and final son of Levi (v. 29). Like the families of Kohath and Gershon, Moses was to number them by their families, by their fathers' households. Again, included in the census were men from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them (v. 30). The resulting census would count everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tent of meeting. Like the families of Merari's two brothers, they would be assigned to serve in the tabernacle and be responsible for the carrying and maintenance of items that made up the structure itself.
Verses 31 and 32 list the items that comprised the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting (v. 31), which included:
The LORD gave Moses the task to assign each man by name the items he is to carry. Each individual was given a particular part of the tabernacle or the court structure to carry and to maintain. Moses delegated the responsibility and set up a structure of authority, that the work might be done in an orderly and efficient manner.
Moses then gave a summary of the duties of the family of Merari in verse 33 by saying that this is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting. As with the Gershonites, the sons of Merari were placed under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest (v. 33). Again, authority was established in order to produce order and efficiency.