²⁷ The Amramite clan, the Izharite clan, the Hebronite clan, and the Uzzielite clan came from Kohath; these were the Kohathites. ²⁸ Counting every male one month old or more, there were 8,600^[a] responsible for the duties of^[b] the sanctuary. ²⁹ The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,^{(A) 30} and the leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. ³¹ Their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the sanctuary utensils that were used with these, and the screen^[c](B)—and all the work relating to them.^(C)

² “Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites^(A) by their clans and their ancestral families,^{[a] 3} men from thirty years old to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified^[b] to do work at the tent of meeting.

⁴ “The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.^(B)