Quotes about Kohathites

The clans of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,

and the leader of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.

When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.

But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families,

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the remaining clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.