Numbers 3:21

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

Darby Translation

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 according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, those that were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.

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Cross References

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

Joshua 21:6And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

Zechariah 12:13the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

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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