The, families of the sons of Kohath, were to encamp,—on the side of the habitation, south-ward.
but the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,—so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony.
the families of the Gershonites, to the rear of the habitation, were to encamp, westward.
the standard of he camp of Reuben south-wards, by their hosts,—even the prince of the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;
In, the counting of every male, from one month old and upwards, there were eight thousand and six hundred, to keep the charge of the sanctuary.
And the prince of the ancestral house of the families of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.