Numbers 3:33-37 ▼

33 To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the clans of Merari.

34 Their enrollment, registering every male of a month or more, was six thousand two hundred.

35 The leader of the ancestral house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel, son of Abihail. They camped at the north side of the tabernacle.

36 The Merarites were assigned responsibility for the boards of the tabernacle, its bars, columns, pedestals, and all its fittings—and everything pertaining to their maintenance,

37 as well as the columns of the surrounding court with their pedestals, pegs and ropes.