31. Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and 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.
35. The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.