Priest: Duties of Chiefs of Levites

Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.

The chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.