15. Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses and by families. Every male from a month old and upward you shall number.
16. So Moses numbered them as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.
17. These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18. And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19. The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20. The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
21. Of Gershon were the families of the Libnites and of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
22. The males who were numbered of them from a month old and upward totaled 7,500.
23. The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,
24. The leader of the fathers' houses of the Gershonites being Eliasaph son of Lael.
25. And the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
26. And the hangings of the court, the curtain for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, its cords, and all the service pertaining to them.
27. Of Kohath were the families of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.
28. The number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 8,600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary.
29. The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle,
30. The chief of the fathers' houses of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan son of Uzziel.
31. Their charge was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen, and all the service having to do with these.
32. Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary.