Numbers 3:25–37

²⁵And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly, ²⁶and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its tent cords, all of its use.

²⁷To Kohath belonged^y the clan of Amramites,^z the clan of the Izharites,^a the clan of the Hebronites,^b and the clan of the Uzzielites;^c these were the clans of the Kohathites.^{d 28}According to the number of every male from one month^e and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. ²⁹The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. ³⁰The leader of his family^f according to the clans of the Kohathites^g is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ³¹Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. ³²The chief of the leaders^h of the Levitesⁱ was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

³³To Merari belonged^j the clan of Mahlites^k and the clan of the Mushites:^l these are the clans of Merari. ³⁴The ones counted^m according to the number of every male from one monthⁿ and above were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵The leader of the family^o according to the clans of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north. ³⁶The responsibility of the sons of Merari was the supervision of the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its vessels and all its service, ³⁷and the pillars around the courtyard, and their bases, pegs, and cords.