Numbers 3:23
The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
In Context
24And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite [is] Eliasaph son of Lael.
Cross References
Numbers 1:53and the Levites encamp round about the tabernacle of the testimony; and there is no wrath on the company of the sons of Israel, and the Levites have kept the charge of 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 →