Numbers 3:24

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;…

The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe,

I. By what rule they were numbered:…

The Levitical families and their duties.

Notice that narrativein Num 3:3 f., 27 f., 33 f., 39 alternates with commands in Num 3:23-26; Num 3:29-32; Num 3:35-38. It is one of the many indications that…