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 pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

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

The Gershonites’ duties at the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

“Take a census of the Gershonites also, by their ancestral houses and their clans.

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for 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 ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

The Gershonites were registered by their clans and their ancestral houses,

These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord.

He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen corresponding to their service,

The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.