Numbers 3:21

21 Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.

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, [are] Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon [is] the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.
22 Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonite, behind the tabernacle, do encamp westward.
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