Numbers 3:21

To Gershon belonged the mishpakhat of the Livni and the mishpakhat of the Shime'i: these are the mishpekhot of the Gershoni.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Bnei Merari by their mishpekhot: Machli and Mushi. These are the mishpekhot of the Levi'im according to the bais of their avot.

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

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Cross References

Numbers 3:18And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershon by their mishpekhot: Livni, and Shime'i.

Joshua 21:6And the Bnei Gershon had by goral out of the mishpekhot of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half-tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns.

Zechariah 12:13The mishpachat Bais Levi apart, and their wives apart; the mishpachat Shime'i apart, and their wives apart; + 12:13 Num 3:17-18,21

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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