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27 And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. 28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. 29 The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward. 30 And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. 32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

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27 To Kohath belonged[a] the clan of Amramites,[b] the clan of the Izharites,[c] the clan of the Hebronites,[d] and the clan of the Uzzielites;[e] these were the clans of the Kohathites.[f] 28 According to the number of every male from one month[g] and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. 29 The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. 30 The leader of his family[h] according to the clans of the Kohathites[i] is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. 32 The chief of the leaders[j] of the Levites[k] was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:27 Literally “For Kohath was
  2. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Amramite”
  3. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Izharite”
  4. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Hebronite”
  5. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Uzzielite”
  6. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  7. Numbers 3:28 Literally “the son of a month”
  8. Numbers 3:30 Literally “the house of his father”
  9. Numbers 3:30 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  10. Numbers 3:32 Literally “the leader of leaders”
  11. Numbers 3:32 Hebrew “Levite”