28. The number of every male one month old and upward was 8,600. Their duties were caring for the Sanctuary.
29. The Kohathite families were to camp along the side of the Tabernacle on the south.
30. The prince of the ancestral household of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
31. They were responsible for the Ark, the table, the menorah, the altars, and the implements of the Sanctuary used in service with them, the curtain and all involved with its use.
32. The chief prince of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen appointed over those whose responsibility was the care of the Sanctuary.
33. To Merari belonged the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites. These were the families of Merari.