Numbers 3:23-37 The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle westward. ²⁴ The ruler of the fathers' house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael. ²⁵ And the duty of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation was the tabernacle, and the tent, and its coverings, and the veil at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; ²⁶ and the hangings of the court, and the veil at the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar all around, and its cords, to all its service. ²⁷ And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These were the families of the Kohathites. ²⁸ In number, all the males, from a son of a month and upward were eight thousand and six hundred, keepers of the charge of the sanctuary. ²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle southward; ³⁰ The ruler of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. ³¹ And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the veil, and all its service. ³² Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was ruler over the rulers of the Levites, and had the oversight of those that keep the charge of the sanctuary. ³³ Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These were the families of Merari. ³⁴ And those numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a son of a month and upward were six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ The ruler of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to encamp on the side of the tabernacle northward. ³⁶ The appointed duty of the sons of Merari being the boards of the tabernacle and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets, and all its vessels, and all its service; ³⁷ and the pillars of the court all around, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.