13. for every firstborn is mine. On the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and beast; mine shall they be: I am Jehovah.
14. And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
15. Number the sons of Levi according to their fathers' houses, after their families; every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16. And Moses numbered them, according to the commandment of Jehovah, --as he had been commanded.
17. And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.
19. And the sons of Kohath according to their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20. And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21. Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22. Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23. The families of the Gershonites encamped behind the tabernacle westward.
24. And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.