The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side
of
the tabernacle southward.
] Or to the right, which was the more honourable place, excepting
the east or front, which was reserved for Moses and Aaron, and
his sons, and who were one of these families; and is the reason
why this honour was conferred upon them, as well as they had the
more honourable charge, having the holy places and holy things
committed to their care; and one from among them was appointed
over all the Levites, and the chief of them, as they had also,
when they came into the land of Canaan, almost as many cities of
refuge as both their other brethren had: their situation about
the tabernacle was between that and the camp of Reuben, and this
accounts for it, how Korah who was of one of the families of the
Kohathites, became so intimately acquainted with, and joined in a
conspiracy with Dathan and Abiram, who were of the tribe of
Reuben, ( Numbers 16:1
) .
Numbers 3:29
