Numbers 3:25-37

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. 31Now 8their duties involved 9the ark, 10the table, 11the lampstand, 12the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service 13concerning them; 32and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the chief of the leaders of Levi, and had the oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary.

33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. 34Their numbered men in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200. 35The leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to 14camp on the northward side of the tabernacle. 36Now the appointed duties of the sons of Merari involved the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its equipment, and the service concerning them, 37and the pillars around the court with their sockets and their pegs and their cords.