Numbers 3:21

Of Gershon were two families, (they) of Libni, and (they) of Shimei;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 were Mahli, and Mushi.

22of which the people of male kind was numbered, from one month and above, seven thousand and five hundred. (of whom the number of the males, who were one month of age and older, was seven thousand and five hundred.)

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Cross References

Numbers 3:18the sons of Gershon were Libni, and Shimei;

Joshua 21:6And lot went out to the sons of Gershon, that they should take of the lineages of Issachar, and of Asher, and of Naphtali, and of the half lineage of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities in number; (And the lot went out to the Gershonites, that they should receive from the tribes of Issachar, and Asher, and Naphtali, and from the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities in number;)

Zechariah 12:13families of the house of Levi by themselves, and the women of them by themselves; families of Shimei by themselves, and the women of them 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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