Numbers 3:21

The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from his sons Libni and Shimei.

Translation for Translators

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

20Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons. Those are the clans that were descended from Levi.

22In those two clans there were 7,500 males who were at least one month old.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:18Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons.

Joshua 21:6The people from the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives on the east side of the Jordan River.

Zechariah 12:13the male descendants [MTY] of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of Levi’s grandson 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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