Gershon

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Also called GERSHOM

Son of Levi

• Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Exodus 6:16–17 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.
• Numbers 3:17–26 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei. The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans o…
• Numbers 4:22–28 “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans, from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting. This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport: They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle…
• Numbers 4:38 Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,
• Numbers 7:7 He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
• Numbers 10:17 Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
• Numbers 26:57 Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
• Joshua 21:6 The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
• 1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.