Numbers 3:24

24 with Eli'asaph, the son of La'el as head 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 number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was seven thousand five hundred.

23 The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,

24 with Eli'asaph, the son of La'el as head of the fathers' house of the Gershonites.

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tent of meeting,

26 the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords; all the service pertaining to these.