25 The charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the hanging for the door of the tent of meeting,
26 the hangings of the court, the curtain for the opening of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service pertaining to these.
27 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.
28 The number of all the males, from a month old and older, were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the guard of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle.
30 The chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31 Their duty included the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary they minister with, and the hanging, and all its service.