Numbers 3:23
The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
In Context
22The number of all the males a month old or more was 7,500.
24and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
Cross References
Numbers 1:53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
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 →