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.