17. These were the sons of Levi by their names:Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18. These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families:Libni and Shimei;
19. the sons of Kohath by their families:Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel;
20. the sons of Merari by their families:Mahli and Mushi.These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21. From Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
22. Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and older, those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23. The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the west side of the tabernacle.
24. The chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.