Numbers 3:23-29

23The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward.

24And the leader of the father’s house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,

26the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all the work relating to them.

27From Kohath came 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.

28According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.

29The families of the children of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.