Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

“Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off ¹  from among the Levites;

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

And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; ¹  the tabernacle was to be set up ²  before they arrived. ³ 

From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. ¹ 

These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.