23. The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,
24. and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25. Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,
26. and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them.
27. Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.
28. In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary.
29. The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle,
30. and the leader of the fathers' households of the Kohathite families was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.