Numbers 3:24

24 and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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 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,

24 and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

25 Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting,

26 and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them.