Numbers 3:21

From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

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In The King James Version

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

In Context

20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.

22Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.

Joshua 21:6The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.

Zechariah 12:13The family of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves; the family of Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →

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