The Issacharites by their families: from Tola, the family of the Tolaites; from Puah, the family of the Puites;

The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites;

And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.

These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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.

The land will mourn, clan by clan – the clan of the royal household of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the clan of the family of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves;

Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites.

He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected.

The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites (now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites;

The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites.

These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400.

the clan of the descendants of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; and the clan of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves –

The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei.

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

This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.