23 the families of the Gershonites, to the rear of the habitation, were to encamp, westward.
Numbers 3:23 Cross References - Rotherham
Numbers 1:53
53 but, the Levites, shall pitch their tents round about the habitation of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the assembly of the sons of Israel,––so shall the Levites keep the watch of the habitation of the testimony.
Numbers 2:17
17 Then shall set forward the tent of meeting––the camp of the Levites, in the midst of the camps,––as they encamp, so, shall they set forward, every man at the side thereof, by their standards.