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
English Standard Version
21 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites. 22 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was[a] 7,500. 23 (A)The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west, 24 with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers' house of the Gershonites. 25 And the (B)guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved (C)the tabernacle, (D)the tent with (E)its covering, (F)the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting, 26 (G)the hangings of the court, (H)the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and (I)its cords—all the service connected with these.
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- Numbers 3:22 Hebrew their listing was
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