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Gershon

Also called Gershom

Mentioned in 25 verses across 5 books, first in Genesis 46:11. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 25 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Genesis

Exodus

  • Exodus 6:16

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

  • Exodus 6:17

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

Numbers

  • Numbers 3:17

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Numbers 3:18

    These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

  • Numbers 3:21

    From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.

  • Numbers 3:25

    The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

  • Numbers 4:22

    “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,

  • Numbers 4:28

    This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

  • Numbers 4:38

    Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,

  • Numbers 4:41

    These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.

  • Numbers 7:7

    He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,

  • Numbers 10:17

    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

  • Numbers 26:57

    Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

Joshua

  • Joshua 21:6

    The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

  • Joshua 21:27

    This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

1 Chronicles

  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:17

    These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:20

    Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:43

    the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:62

    The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:71

    The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:7

    from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

  • 1 Chronicles 23:6

    Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

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'=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16).

In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place, the curtains, veils, tent-hangings ([Num. 3](/num#Num.3): 21-26). Thirteen Levitical cities fell to the lot of the Gershonites (Josh. 21:27-33).

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