²³ The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,

²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle,

³⁵ And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to ^(A)camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.

³⁸ Now those who were to ^(A)camp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary for the responsibility of the sons of Israel; but ^(B)the ^[a]outsider coming near was to be put to death.