Numbers 3:24

24 with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.

Numbers 3:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:24

And the chief of the house of the fathers of the Gershonites,
&c.] Who had the chief authority over them, and the chief direction of them in what they were to do: [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael;
but who he was, or of which family of the Gershonites, whether of the Libnites or Shimites, is not said here or elsewhere; nor do the Jewish writers, who affect to know every thing, pretend to tell us.

Numbers 3:24 In-Context

22 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 7,500.

23 The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,

24 with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.

25 And the guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,

26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords--all the service connected with these.