From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.