Numbers 3:18
Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
In Context
17Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Cross References
Exodus 6:17The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei. They were ancestors of clans that have those names.
Numbers 4:22“Write down the names of all the men who belong to the clans descended from the Gershon division of the descendants of Levi.
1 Chronicles 6:20Gershon’s oldest son was Libni. Libni’s son was Jehath. Jehath’s son was Zimmah.
1 Chronicles 25:4From the sons of Heman, who was one of the king’s prophets, they chose Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
Nehemiah 12:1Many priests and other descendants of Levi returned ◄from Babylonia/to Jerusalem► with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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 →