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Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.

In the counting of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.

The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

and the leader of the fathers' households of the Kohathite families: ^(F1)Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Now ^(C1)their duties included ^(C2)the ark, ^(C3)the table, ^(C4)the lampstand, ^(C5)the altars, the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, the ^(F1)curtain, and all the service ^(F2)concerning them;

and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the head of the leaders of Levi, and he had the supervision of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.