Numbers 3:25-37

25Now 1the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle and 2the tent, its covering, and 3the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26and 4the curtains of the courtyard, 5the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ropes, according to all the service 6concerning them.

27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. 28In the counting 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 south side of the tabernacle, 30and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Kohathite families: 7Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31Now 8their duties included 9the ark, 10the table, 11the lampstand, 12the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, the 13curtain, and all the service 14concerning them; 32and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the head of the leaders of Levi, and he had the supervision of those who performed 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 counting of every male from a month old and upward: 6,200. 35And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to 15camp on the northward side of the tabernacle. 36Now the appointment of duties of the sons of Merari included the framework of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its bases, all its equipment, and all the service concerning them, 37and the pillars around the courtyard with their bases, their pegs, and their ropes.