Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,

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:

All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads.

This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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.

All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.

Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei.

The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites, were the heads of the fathers’ households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite.

Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;