Numbers 3:23

23 The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on 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 Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shim'e-ites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

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,