15. “Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”
16. So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.
17. These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, 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 were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20. The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.
21. From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
22. Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 7,500.
23. The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.