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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
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And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
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From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
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Those who were numbered, according to the number of all the males from a month old and above--of those who were numbered there were seven thousand five hundred.
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The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward.
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And the leader of the fathers' house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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The duties of the children of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the screen for the door of the tabernacle of meeting,
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the screen for the door of the court, the hangings of the court which are around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords, according to all the work relating to them.
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From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites.
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According to the number of all the males, from a month old and above, there were eight thousand six hundred keeping charge of the sanctuary.