Numbers 3:23

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

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 {To Gershon belonged} the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these [are] the clans of the Gershonites.

22 The {ones counted} according to the number of every male from {one month} and above [were] seven thousand five hundred.

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

24 and the leader of {the family} of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael.

25 And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly [is] the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly,