Of Gershon were the families of the Libnites and of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.

The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,

and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying [when on the march]:

Aaron and his sons shall direct all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all they have to carry and all they have to do. You shall assign to them as a duty all that they are to carry [on the march].

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