From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.

In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,

This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.

From the mouth of Aaron and his sons the Gershonites will have word about all the things they are to do and take up; you are to give them their orders.

This is the work of the family of the Gershonites in the Tent of meeting, and they will be under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

These were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.