Numbers 3:32-34

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³² Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.

³³ To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari. ³⁴ Their enrolment, counting all the males from a month old and upwards, was six thousand two hundred.