16. So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded.
17. These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
18. These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
19. and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;
20. and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
21. Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
22. Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500.
23. The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,