Numbers 3:21

Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.

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

In Context

20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

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

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Cross References

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

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

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