The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp by the thigh of the tent to the south.
And the Levites shall encamp round about the dwelling of testimony; and there shall not be anger upon the assembly of the sons of Israel: and the Levites shall watch the watch of the dwelling of testimony.
The flag of the camp. of Reuben, south, according to their armies: and the chief for the sons of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur.
The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tent to the sea.
According to the number of every male, from the son of a month and above, eight thousand six hundred, watching the watches of the holy place.
And the chief of the house of the father to the families of the Kohathites, Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.