20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
21From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.
23The tents of the Gershonites are to be placed at the back of the House, to the west.
24The chief of the Gershonites is Eliasaph, the son of Lael.
25In the Tent of meeting, the Gershonites are to have the care of the House, and the Tent with its cover, and the veil for the door of the Tent of meeting,
26And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.
