Numbers 3:24
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New International Version (©2011)
The leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The leader of the Gershonite clans was Eliasaph son of Lael.

English Standard Version (©2001)
with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and the leader of the Gershonite family was Eliasaph son of Lael.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The leader of the tribe and family of Gershon was Lael's son Eliasaph.

NET Bible (©2006)
Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The leader of the Gershonite households was Eliasaph, son of Lael.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the head of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

American King James Version
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

American Standard Version
And the prince of the fathers house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Darby Bible Translation
And the prince of the father's house of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael.

English Revised Version
And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

World English Bible
The prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

Young's Literal Translation
And the prince of a father's house for the Gershonite is Eliasaph son of Lael.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the chief of the house of the fathers of the Gershonites,.... 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.

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The Gershonites
…23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. 24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

Numbers 3:23 The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle.
Numbers 3:25 At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtain at the entrance to the tent of meeting,