28 According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, keeping guard over the sanctuary. 29 The clans of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle, 30 with (A)Elizaphan the son of Uzziel as chief of the fathers' house of the clans of the Kohathites.

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28 The number of all the males a month old or more(A) was 8,600.[a] The Kohathites were responsible(B) for the care of the sanctuary.(C) 29 The Kohathite clans were to camp on the south side(D) of the tabernacle. 30 The leader of the families of the Kohathite clans was Elizaphan(E) son of Uzziel.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:28 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts 8,300