24. with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
25. And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
26. the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service connected with these.
27. To Kohath belonged the clan of the Amramites and the clan of the Izharites and the clan of the Hebronites and the clan of the Uzzielites; these are the clans of the Kohathites.
28. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, keeping guard over the sanctuary.
29. The clans of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,
30. with Elizaphan the son of Uzziel as chief of the fathers’ house of the clans of the Kohathites.
31. And their guard duty involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen; all the service connected with these.
32. And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the chiefs of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who kept guard over the sanctuary.