20. The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi.These are the families of the LEVITES according to their fathers' houses.

21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

22. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.

23. The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

24. The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25. The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

26. and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.

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.

33. Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.

34. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.3:34+ 22,000, rounded to 2 significant digits. (The sum of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites given above is 22,300.)

35. The prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They shall encamp on the north side of the tabernacle.

36. The appointed duty of the sons of Merari shall be the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its instruments, all its service,

37. the pillars of the court around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.

31. This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

32. and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.

33. This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."

and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.

19. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the LEVITES according to their fathers' households.

20. Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21. Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.

22. The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23. Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

24. Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

25. The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.

26. As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,

27. Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.

28. The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.

29. The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

30. Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.