Numbers 3:33-35

Numbers 3:33-35

 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

 And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.

a. In the Levitical branch of Merari were two families, the Mahlites, and the Mushites. The number of males in this group was 6200 and the leader of this group was Zuriel, and they were to pitch their tents on north side behind the tabernacle.