Numbers 3:21

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

Numbers 3:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:21

Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family
of the Shimites
The first son of Levi: these [are] the family of the Gershonites;
that were now, numbered.

Numbers 3:21 In-Context

19 and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

20 and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

22 Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500 .

23 The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward,