The leaderof the fathers'householdsof the familiesof Merari[was] Zurielthe sonof Abihail.They [were] to campon the northwardsideof the tabernacle.
"But the Levitesshall camparoundthe tabernacleof the testimony,so that there will be nowrathon the congregationof the sonsof Israel.So the Levitesshall keepchargeof the tabernacleof the testimony."
"On the northside[shall be] the standardof the campof Danby their armies,and the leaderof the sonsof Dan:Ahiezerthe sonof Ammishaddai,
Their numberedmen in the numberingof everymalefrom a montholdand upward,[were] 6,200
Now the appointeddutiesof the sonsof Merari[involved] the framesof the tabernacle,its bars,its pillars,its sockets,allits equipment,and the serviceconcerning them,