²⁹ The tents of the Kohathites are to be placed on the south side of the House.

⁵³ But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

¹⁰ On the south side is the flag of the children of Reuben, in the order of their armies, with Elizur, the son of Shedeur, as their chief.

²³ The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.