21. From Gershon were two families: the Libnites, and the Shimeites.
22. The people of these were numbered, of the male sex, from one month and above: seven thousand five hundred.
23. These shall encamp behind the tabernacle, toward the west,
24. under the leader Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25. And they shall keep watch over the tabernacle of the covenant:
26. the tabernacle itself, and its covering; the tent that is drawn before the doors of the covering of the covenant; and the curtains of the atrium; likewise, the tent that is suspended at the entrance of the atrium of the tabernacle; and whatever pertains to the ritual of the altar; the cords of the tabernacle and all its implements.