Person
Gershon
Also called Gershom
Mentioned in 25 verses across 5 books, first in Numbers 3:17. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 11 verses in Numbers, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
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.
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).