The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians,

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. ¹ 

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

“Take a census ¹  of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans,

Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care ¹  of the sanctuary.

Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath’s descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands. ¹ 

The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim. ¹