Numbers 3:23

3:23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west.

Numbers 4:24

4:24 This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve ¹  and carry it.

Numbers 3:24

3:24 Now the leader ²  of the clan ³  of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.

¹ tn The two forms are the infinitive construct and then the noun: “to serve and for the burden.” They are to serve and they are to take the responsibility. The infinitive is explaining the verb.

¹ tn The vav (ו) disjunctive on the noun at the beginning of the verse here signals a greater emphasis on the individual rather than another item in the numbering of the clans.

² tn Heb “a father’s house.” So also in vv. 30,35.