04:003:030 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of
the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
04:003:031 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.
04:003:032 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
04:003:033 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
04:003:034 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number
of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six
thousand and two hundred.
04:003:035 And the chief of the house of the father of the families of
Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the
side of the tabernacle northward.
04:003:036 And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
04:003:037 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.
04:003:038 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
04:003:039 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.