Numbers 3:23

23 The families of the Gershoni shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

Numbers 3:23 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:23

The families of the Gershonites
The two before mentioned, the Libnites and Shimites: shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward;
this was their situation when encamped; they were placed in the rear of the camp of the Levites, between the tabernacle and the camp of Ephraim, which was westward also, ( Numbers 1:18 ) .

Numbers 3:23 In-Context

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Livni, and the family of the Shim`i: these are the families of the Gershoni.

22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

23 The families of the Gershoni shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.

24 The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershoni shall be Elyasaf the son of La'el.

25 The charge of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,