17. Levi's three sons, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, had become the heads of their own clans.
18. Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
19. Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20. And Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These were the sons and grandsons of Levi, and they had become the leaders of the Levite clans.
21. The two Gershon clans were the Libnites and Shimeites,
22. and they had seven thousand five hundred men and boys at least one month old.
23. The Gershonites were to camp on the west side of the sacred tent,
24. under the leadership of Eliasaph son of Lael.
25. Their duties at the tent included taking care of the tent itself, along with its outer covering, the curtain for the entrance,