Numbers 3:33-39

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³³ The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans. ³⁴ Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200. ³⁵ The leader of the family of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.^{(A) 36} The assigned duties of Merari’s descendants involved the tabernacle’s supports, crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,^{(B) 37} in addition to the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.

³⁸ Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of^[a] the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east,^(C) in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near it was to be put to death.^(D)