In the numberingof everymalefrom a montholdand upward,[there were] 8,600,performingthe dutiesof the sanctuary.
Of Kohath[was] the familyof the Amramitesand the familyof the Izharitesand the familyof the Hebronitesand the familyof the Uzzielites;thesewere the familiesof the Kohathites.
The familiesof the sonsof Kohathwere to campon the southwardsideof the tabernacle,
Now their duties[involved] the ark,the table,the lampstand,the altars,and the utensilsof the sanctuarywith whichthey minister,and the screen,and allthe serviceconcerning them;
"They shall performthe dutiesfor him and for the wholecongregationbeforethe tentof meeting,to dothe serviceof the tabernacle.
