Behind the tabernacle westward. — As the position of the twelve tribes regarding the tent of meeting had already been determined, …

The families of the Gershonites
The two before mentioned, the Libnites and Shimites: shall pitch behind …

The Levites were in three cla es according to the sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari—and these were subdivided into families. The descendants…