Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle on the west.

And the head of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and to carry burdens:

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and you shall appoint unto them the task of all their burdens.

And these are they that 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.