²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

²³ The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

¹⁰ On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.