Numbers 3:21

21 Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shim'e-ites; 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, Izhar, Hebron, and Uz'ziel.
20 And the sons of Merar'i by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
21 Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shim'e-ites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
22 Their number according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was seven thousand five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west,
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