25. And they shall keep watch over the tabernacle of the covenant:
26. the tabernacle itself, and its covering; the tent that is drawn before the doors of the covering of the covenant; and the curtains of the atrium; likewise, the tent that is suspended at the entrance of the atrium of the tabernacle; and whatever pertains to the ritual of the altar; the cords of the tabernacle and all its implements.
27. The kinship of Kohath includes the peoples of the Amramites and Izharites and Hebronites and Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites, having been counted by their names,
28. all those of the male gender, from one month and above: eight thousand six hundred. They shall keep watch over the Sanctuary,
29. and they shall encamp toward the south side.
30. And their leader shall be Elisaphan the son of Uzziel.
31. And they shall take care of the ark, and the table and the lampstand, the altars and the vessels of the Sanctuary, by which they minister, and the veil, and all the articles of this kind.
32. But the leader of the leaders of the Levites, Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over those who watch over the care of the Sanctuary.
33. And truly, from Merari are the peoples of the Mahlites and Mushites, having been counted by their names,
34. all those of the male gender, from one month and above: six thousand two hundred.
35. Their leader is Suriel the son of Abihaiel. They shall make camp on the north side.
36. Under their care shall be the panels of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the columns with their bases, and all the things which pertain to service of this kind,
37. and the columns of the surrounding atrium with their bases, and the tent pegs with their cords.