Of the Levites, the Kohathites, the kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, and the most numerous, have the most important charge confided to them, namely, tha…

And their charge [shall be] the ark
That is, when the tabernacle was taken down, and carried from place to place, th…

The Levites were in three cla es according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendants…