And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.(Numbers 3:27)
In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.(Numbers 3:28)
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.(Numbers 3:29)
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.(Numbers 3:31)
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.(Numbers 3:32)
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.(Numbers 3:33)
