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Numbers 3:28

Verse 28 of 51. The 3rd of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.

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

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

26the hangings of the court, 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.

27Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites. These are the families of the Kohathites.

28According 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.

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

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

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

32Eleazar 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.

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