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.