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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500.

The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the ^[g]tabernacle westward,

and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Now ^(q)the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and ^(r)the tent, its covering, and ^(s)the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,

and ^(t)the hangings of the court, and ^(u)the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service ^[h]concerning them.