16. So Moses numbered them in accordance with the word of Adonai, just as he was commanded.
17. These were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
18. These then were 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, are Mahli and Mushi. These then were the families of the Levites by their ancestral households.
21. To Gershon belonged the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites. These were the families of the Gershonites.
22. The number of every male one month old and upward who were counted was 7,500.
23. The Gershonites were to camp behind the Tabernacle on the west.
24. The prince of the ancestral house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.