13. because every firstborn is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated to me every firstborn in Israel, human being and beast alike. They belong to me; I am the Lord.
14. The Lord said to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai:
15. Enroll the Levites by their ancestral houses and clans, enrolling every male of a month or more.
16. Moses, therefore, enrolled them at the direction of the Lord, just as the Lord had charged.
17. These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
18. These were the names of the sons of Gershon, by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
19. The sons of Kohath, by their clans, were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20. The sons of Merari, by their clans, were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their ancestral houses.
21. To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.
22. Their enrollment, registering every male of a month or more, was seven thousand five hundred.
23. The clans of the Gershonites camped behind the tabernacle, to the west.
24. The leader of the ancestral house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph, son of Lael.
25. At the tent of meeting their responsibility was the tabernacle: the tent and its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting,
26. the hangings of the court, the curtain at the entrance of the court enclosing both the tabernacle and the altar, and the ropes—whatever pertained to their maintenance.