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Gershon גֵּרְשׁוֹן
Levite. Gershon was the firstborn son of Levi and the ancestor of the Gershonite Levites, who were responsible for the tabernacle curtains, coverings, and related duties.
Also called Gershom, Gershomite.
Family
Where Gershon appears
Numbers (15), 1 Chronicles (12), Joshua (3), Exodus (2), Genesis (1), 2 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Genesis 46:11 first mention — And the sons of Levi; 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.
- Numbers 3:17 — And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Numbers 3:18 — And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
- 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 4:24 — This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
- 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 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.
- 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 Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1 — The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 6:16 — The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 23:6 — And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.