26 the curtains of the courtyard(A), the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar,(B) and the ropes(C)—and everything(D) related to their use.

27 To Kohath(E) belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites;(F) these were the Kohathite(G) clans. 28 The number of all the males a month old or more(H) was 8,600.[a] The Kohathites were responsible(I) for the care of the sanctuary.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:28 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts 8,300

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 thereof.

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.

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