Numbers 3:21

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Livni, and the family of the Shim`i: these are the families of the Gershoni.

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 The sons of Kehat by their families: `Amram, and Yitzhar, Hevron, and `Uzzi'el.
20 The sons of Merari by their families: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
21 Of Gershon was the family of the Livni, and the family of the Shim`i: these are the families of the Gershoni.
22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershoni shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
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