Numbers 3:21

To, Gershon, belonged the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites,—these, are they—the families of the Gershonites.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are they—the families of the Levites by their ancestral houses.

22They who were numbered of them in the counting of every male, from one month old, and upwards,—they who were num-bered of them, were seven thousand and five hundred.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:18And these, the names of the sons of Gershon by their families,—Libni and Shimei.

Joshua 21:6And, the sons of Gershon, had—out of 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—by lot, 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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