6 Asaiah, the leader of the Merari clan, and 220 of his relatives;
7 Joel, the leader of the Gershon clan, and 130 of his relatives;
8 Shemaiah, the leader of the Elizaphan clan, and 200 of his relatives;
9 Eliel, the leader of the Hebron clan, and 80 of his relatives; and
10 Amminadab, the leader of the Uzziel clan, with 112 of his relatives.
11 David called together these six Levites and the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar.
12 He said to them, “You are the leaders of the clans in the Levi tribe. You and your relatives must first go through the ceremony to make yourselves clean and acceptable to the Lord. Then you may carry the sacred chest that belongs to the Lord God of Israel and bring it to the place I have prepared for it.