27. To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
28. Their enrollment, registering every male of a month or more, was eight thousand three hundred. They were the ones who performed the duties of the sanctuary.
29. The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle.
30. And the leader of their ancestral house of the clan of the Kohathites was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.
31. Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the menorah, the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, the veil, and everything pertaining to their maintenance.