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The Descendants of Gershon

21 The families of Libni and Shimei were descendants of Gershon. As families of the descendants of Gershon, 22 all the males a month old and above numbered 7,500. 23 The families of the descendants of Gershon encamped behind the tent toward the west.[a] 24 The leader of the tribe and family of Gershon was Lael’s son Eliasaph. 25 The duties of the descendants of Gershon at the Tent of Meeting pertained to the tent, the tent covering, the curtain[b] to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, 26 the hangings at the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard that surrounded the tent, the altar, and all of the tent cords in use.

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  1. Numbers 3:23 Lit. sea
  2. Numbers 3:25 Or screen

21 To Gershon belonged[a] the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites. 22 The ones counted[b] according to the number of every male from one month[c] and above were seven thousand five hundred. 23 The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west, 24 and the leader of the family[d] of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael. 25 And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly, 26 and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ten cords, all of its use.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:21 Literally “To Gershon was”
  2. Numbers 3:22 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  3. Numbers 3:22 Literally “the son of a month and above”
  4. Numbers 3:24 Literally “the house of his father”