Duties of the Sons of Merari

²⁹ “As for the sons of ^(A)Merari, you shall number them by their families and by their fathers’ house.

³³ From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. ³⁴ And those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above, were six thousand two hundred. ³⁵ The leader of the fathers’ house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. ^(A)These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.