Numbers 3:25–37

²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting is the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the vail at the opening of the tent of meeting, ²⁶and the hangings of the court, and the vail at the opening of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and its cords, to all its service. ²⁷And of Kohath is the family of the Amramite, and the family of the Izharite, and the family of the Hebronite, and the family of the Uzzielite; these are families of the Kohathite. ²⁸In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward, are eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹The families of the sons of Kohath encamp by the side of the tabernacle southward. ³⁰And the prince of a father’s house for the families of the Kohathite is Elizaphan son of Uzziel. ³¹And their charge is the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service. ³²And to the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, is the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary. ³³Of Merari is the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these are the families of Merari. ³⁴And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, are six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵And the prince of a father’s house for the families of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward. ³⁶And the oversight—the charge of the sons of Merari—is the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service, ³⁷and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.