30 with Elizaphan the son of Uzziel as chief of the fathers’ house of the clans of the Kohathites. 31 ^cAnd their guard duty involved the ^dark, the ^etable, the ^flampstand, the ^galtars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the ^hscreen; all the service connected with these.

15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, ^kas the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they ^ldie. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because ^bthey were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried ^con the shoulder.