27. 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.

28. According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the requirements of the sanctuary.

29. The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp on the south side of the tabernacle.

30. The prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

31. Their duty shall be the ark, the table, the lamp stand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all its service.

32. Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the LEVITES, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.

2. "Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

3. from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

4. "This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

5. When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

6. and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.

7. "On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.

8. They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

9. "They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the lamp stand of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

10. They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.

11. "On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

12. "They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

13. "They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

14. They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the meat hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.

15. "When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.