⁵³ But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

²³ The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

²⁹ The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

³⁵ And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.