Numbers 3:28
King James VersionSource notes
“In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.”
Context
25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27And of Kohath the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these the families of the Kohathites.
28In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
31And their charge the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.