003:026 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door
of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar,
and its cords for all of its service.
003:027 Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family
of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites,
and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families
of the Kohathites.
003:028 According to the number of all the males, from a month
old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred,
keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
003:029 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south
side of the tabernacle.
003:030 The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites
shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
003:031 Their charge 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.
003:032 Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes
of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the charge
of the sanctuary.
003:033 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family
of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
003:034 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number
of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six
thousand two hundred.
003:035 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.
003:036 The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the
tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,
all its instruments, all its service,
003:037 the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins,
and their cords.
003:038 Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward,
in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise,
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge
of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel.
The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
003:039 All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered
at the commandment of Yahweh, by their families, all the males
from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
003:040 Yahweh said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males
of the children of Israel from a month old and upward,
and take the number of their names.
003:041 You shall take the Levites for me (I am Yahweh)
instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel;
and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn
among the livestock of the children of Israel."
003:042 Moses numbered, as Yahweh commanded him, all the firstborn
among the children of Israel.
003:043 All the firstborn males according to the number of names,