21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites ; these were the families of the Gershonites . 22 Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward , even their numbered men were 7,500 e e e . 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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 3:21-26
Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39
(Read Numbers 3:14-39)
The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little flock in comparison with the world.