12. “I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites. The Levites will be mine
13. because all the firstborn are mine; on the day of my killing all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both humankind and animal; they will be mine. I am Yahweh.”
14. Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying,
15. “Muster the descendants of Levi according to their families, according to their clans. You will count every male from one month and above.”
16. So Moses mustered them according to the command of Yahweh, just as he commanded.
17. These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei.
19. And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20. The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their families.
21. To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites.
22. The ones counted according to the number of every male from one month and above were seven thousand five hundred.
23. The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west,
24. and the leader of the family of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael.
25. And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly,
26. and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ten cords, all of its use.
27. To Kohath belonged the clan of Amramites, the clan of the Izharites, the clan of the Hebronites, and the clan of the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
28. According to the number of every male from one month and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.
29. The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south.
30. The leader of his family according to the clans of the Kohathites is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31. Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use.