Numbers 3:24-30

24and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25Now 1the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and 2the tent, its covering, and 3the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting, 26and 4the hangings of the court, and 5the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service 6concerning them.

27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. 28In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary. 29The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle, 30and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families was 7Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.