28. According to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.
29. The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.
30. The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31. Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, the screen, and all its service.
32. Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.
33. Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
34. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.