Numbers 3:23

The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

In Context

22Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

24The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:53But the tents of the Levites are to be round the Tent of meeting, so that wrath may not come on the children of Israel: the Tent of meeting is to be in the care of the Levites.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →

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