Numbers 3:21-26

Legacy Standard Bible

²¹ Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. ²² Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500. ²³ The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward, ²⁴ and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Responsibilities of the Priests

²⁵ Now ^(A)the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and ^(B)the tent, its covering, and ^(C)the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting, ²⁶ and ^(D)the hangings of the court, and ^(E)the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service ^[a]concerning them.