16. Moses counted them according to Yahweh’s word, as he was commanded.
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 their fathers’ houses.
21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22. Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were counted of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23. The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
24. The prince of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25. The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,