And the chief of the house of the father of the Ger´shonites shall be Eli´asaph the son of La´el.
The families of the Ger´shonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families: