and the leader of the fathers’ households of the Gershonites: Eliasaph the son of Lael.
The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,
Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the curtain for the entrance of the tent of meeting,
“Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers’ households, by their families;