Numbers 3:23

the families of the Gershonites, to the rear of the habitation, were to encamp, westward.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

22They who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old, and upwards,—they who were num-bered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred.

24And, the prince of the ancestral house of the Gershonites, was Eliasaph son of Lael.

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Cross References

Numbers 1:53but the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,—so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation 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 →

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