Reference: Kohathites
Easton
the descendants of Kohath. They formed the first of the three divisions of the Levites (Ex 6:16,18; Nu 3:17). In the journeyings of the Israelites they had the charge of the most holy portion of the vessels of the tabernacle, including the ark (Nu 4). Their place in the marching and encampment was south of the tabernacle (Nu 3:29,31). Their numbers at different times are specified (Nu 3:28; 4:36; 26:57,62). Samuel was of this division.
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And these the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generation; Gershon, and Kohath and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi, seven and thirty and a hundred years.
And the sons of Kohath; Amram and Izhar and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath, three and thirty and a hundred years.
And these shall be the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
According to the number of every male, from the son of a month and above, eight thousand six hundred, watching the watches of the holy place. The families of the sons of Kohath shall encamp by the thigh of the tent to the south.
And their watches, the ark, and the table, and the chandelier, and the altar, and the vessels of the holy place which they shall serve in them, and the covering and all its works.
And they being numbered according to their families shall be two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
And these the reviewings of the Levites according to their families: to Gershon, the families of the Gershonites; to Kohath, the families of the Kohathites; to Merari, the families of the Merarites.
And they being reviewed will be three and twenty thousand, every male from the son of a month and above: for they were not reviewed in the midst of the sons of Israel, for an inheritance was not given to them in the midst of the sons of Israel.