Numbers 3:21-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.(A) 22 Their enrollment, counting all the males from a month old and up, was seven thousand five hundred. 23 The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west, 24 with Eliasaph son of Lael as head of the ancestral house of the Gershonites. 25 The responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,(B) 26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the entrance of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service pertaining to these.
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Numbers 3:21-26
New American Standard Bible
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. 22 Their numbered men, in the counting of every male from a month old and upward, their numbered men were 7,500. 23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the [a]tabernacle westward, 24 and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites: Eliasaph the son of Lael.
Duties of the Levites
25 Now (A)the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle and (B)the tent, its covering, and (C)the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 and (D)the curtains of the courtyard, (E)the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ropes, according to all the service [b]concerning them.
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- Numbers 3:23 Lit dwelling place, and so throughout the ch
- Numbers 3:26 Lit of it
Numbers 3:21-26
New International Version
21 To Gershon(A) belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites;(B) these were the Gershonite clans. 22 The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500. 23 The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle.(C) 24 The leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael. 25 At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle(D) and tent, its coverings,(E) the curtain at the entrance(F) to the tent of meeting,(G) 26 the curtains of the courtyard(H), the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard surrounding the tabernacle and altar,(I) and the ropes(J)—and everything(K) related to their use.
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