# fathers' houses

extended families, people related to each other who usually lived in different houses, what the UDB calls "clans"

# they were free from work

"they did not have to do other work"

# carry out their assigned tasks

"complete the tasks they needed to do"

# day and night

This means "at all times" and can be translated using a phrase or word from your language or culture that gives the same meaning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])