26. the curtains hanging inside the courtyard around the tent, as well as the curtain and ropes for the entrance to the courtyard and its altar. The Gershonites were responsible for setting these things up and taking them down.
27. The four Kohath clans were the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and the Uzzielites,
28. and they had eight thousand six hundred men and boys at least one month old.
29. The Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the sacred tent,
30. under the leadership of Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
31. Their duties at the tent included taking care of the sacred chest, the table for the sacred bread, the lampstand, the altars, the objects used for worship, and the curtain in front of the most holy place. The Kohathites were responsible for setting these things up and taking them down.
32. Eleazar son of Aaron was the head of the Levite leaders, and he made sure that the work at the sacred tent was done.
33. The two Merari clans were the Mahlites and the Mushites,