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The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tent westward.
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The prince of the fathers` house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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The charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tent, and the Tent, the covering of it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,
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and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tent, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service of it.
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Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
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According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
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The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the side of the tent southward.
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The prince of the fathers` house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
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Their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the lamp stand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service of it.
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Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of those who keep the charge of the sanctuary.
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Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
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Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.
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The prince of the fathers` house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp on the side of the tent northward.
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The appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tent, and the bars of it, and the pillars of it, and the sockets of it, and all the instruments of it, and all the service of it,
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and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.