21. Of Gershon was the family of Libni and the family of Shimei; these are the families of Gershon.
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 Gershon shall pitch behind the tabernacle to the west;
24. and the prince of the house of the father of the Gershonites, Eliasaph, son of Lael.
25. And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the testimony shall be the tabernacle and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the testimony,
26. and the hangings of the court and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.
27. And of Kohath was the family of Amram and the family of Izehar and the family of Hebron and the family of Uzziel; these are the families of the Kohathites.
28. In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
29. The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle towards the Negev;
30. and the prince of the house of the father of the families of Kohath, Elizaphan, son of Uzziel.
31. And their charge shall be the ark and the table and the lampstand and the altars and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the veil, with all its service.
32. And Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be principal over the princes of the Levites and have the oversight of those that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
33. Of Merari was the family of Mahli and the family of Mushi; these are the families of Merari.
34. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred;