Numbers 3:27-32

27To Kohath belonged the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites. These were the Kohathite families.

28The number of every male one month old and upward was 8,600. Their duties were caring for the Sanctuary.

29The Kohathite families were to camp along the side of the Tabernacle on the south.

30The prince of the ancestral household of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

31They were responsible for the Ark, the table, the menorah, the altars, and the implements of the Sanctuary used in service with them, the curtain and all involved with its use.

32The chief prince of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen appointed over those whose responsibility was the care of the Sanctuary.