Kohathites in the Bible

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

The clans of the Kohathites camped on the south side of the tabernacle,

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

“Aaron and his sons are to finish covering the holy objects and all their equipment whenever the camp is to move on. The Kohathites will come and carry them, but they are not to touch the holy objects or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the tent of meeting.

Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

But the Kohathites shall not go in to see the holy things, even for an instant, or they will die.”

And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,

These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.