And the
number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight
thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place. And the
kindred of the children of Cahath, pitched on the south side of
the dwelling. And the captain in the most ancient house of the
kindreds of the Cahathites, was Elizaphan the son of Usiel, and
their office was: [to keep] the ark, the table, the candlestick,
and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister with and the vail
with all that served thereto. And Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had
the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things. And of
Merari came the kindreds of the Mahelites and of the Musites: and
these are the kindreds of the Merarites. And the number of them
(when all the males from a month old and above was told) drew unto
six thousand and two hundred. And the captain of the most ancient
house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of
Abihail which pitched on the north side of the dwelling. And the
office of the sons of Merari was: the boards of the dwelling and
the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the
instruments there of and all that served thereto: and the pillars
of the court round about and their sockets, with their pins and
cords.
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