Numbers 3:21-38

Numbers 3:21-38

[21] Of Gershon  was the family  of the Libnites,  and the family  of the Shimites:  these are the families  of the Gershonites.  [22] Those that were numbered  of them, according to the number  of all the males,  from a month  old  and upward,  even those that were numbered  of them were seven  thousand  and five  hundred.  [23] The families  of the Gershonites  shall pitch  behind  the tabernacle  westward.  [24] And the chief  of the house  of the father  of the Gershonites  shall be Eliasaph  the son  of Lael.  [25] And the charge  of the sons  of Gershon  in the tabernacle  of the congregation  shall be the tabernacle,  and the tent,  the covering  thereof, and the hanging  for the door  of the tabernacle  of the congregation,  [26] And the hangings  of the court,  and the curtain  for the door  of the court,  which is by the tabernacle,  and by the altar  round about,  and the cords  of it for all the service  [27] 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.  [28] 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.  [29] The families  of the sons  of Kohath  shall pitch  on the side  of the tabernacle  southward.  [30] And the chief  of the house  of the father  of the families  of the Kohathites  shall be Elizaphan  the son  of Uzziel.  [31] 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. [32] And Eleazar  the son  of Aaron  the priest  shall be chief  of the Levites,  and have the oversight  of them that keep  the charge  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] And those that were numbered  of them, according to the number  of all the males,  from a month  old  and upward,  were six  thousand  and two hundred.  [35] And the chief  of the house  of the father  of the families  of Merari  was Zuriel  the son  of Abihail:  these shall pitch  on the side  of the tabernacle  northward.  [36] And under the custody  and charge  of the sons  of Merari  shall be the boards  of the tabernacle,  and the bars  thereof, and the pillars  thereof, and the sockets  thereof, and all the vessels  thereof, and all that serveth  [37] And the pillars  of the court  round about,  and their sockets,  and their pins,  and their cords.  [38] But those that encamp  before  the tabernacle  toward the east,  even before  the tabernacle  of the congregation  eastward,  shall be Moses,  and Aaron  and his sons,  keeping  the charge  of the sanctuary  for the charge  of the children  of Israel;  and the stranger  shall be put to death.