Gershon

Gender: Male

Years: -1706 - -1015

Dictionary Text: '=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons;. In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place, the curtains, veils, tent-hangings : 21-26. Thirteen Levitical cities fell to the lot of the Gershonites.

Family Members

• Father: Levi
• Siblings:
  • Kohath
  • Merari
  • Jochebed
• Children:
  • Laadan
  • Shimei

Verses

• Exodus 6:17: The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
• Joshua 21:6: And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the 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, thirteen cities.
• Numbers 7:7: Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
• Numbers 3:25: And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
• Numbers 4:28: This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
• 1 Chronicles 6:71: Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
• 1 Chronicles 6:17: And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
• 1 Chronicles 23:6: And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Exodus 6:16: And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
• 1 Chronicles 6:43: The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
• Numbers 4:41: These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
• 1 Chronicles 6:1: The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Numbers 3:21: Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
• 1 Chronicles 6:62: And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
• Genesis 46:11: And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 6:20: Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
• Joshua 21:27: And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
• Numbers 3:18: And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
• Numbers 3:17: And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
• Numbers 4:38: And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
• 1 Chronicles 6:16: The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 15:7: Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
• Numbers 26:57: And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
• Numbers 10:17: And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
• Numbers 4:22: Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;