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Gershon

Also called Gershom

Mentioned 1705–1014 BC traditional (Jones)

'=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16). In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place, the curtains, veils, tent-hangings (Num. 3: 21-26).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Levi
Children
Laadan, Shimei
Siblings
Kohath, Merari, Jochebed
Tagged in
25 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Gershon, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

  1. location not graded: Bashan4
  2. possible location: Golan2
  3. likely location: Ashtaroth1
  4. likely location: Beeshterah1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1878–841 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

25 tagged verses in 5 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. Genesis1
  2. Exodus2
  3. Numbers11
  4. Joshua2
  5. 1 Chronicles9

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBGershon 10Gershom 11
KJVGershon 18Gershom 14
ASVGershon 17Gershom 14

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Every verse

All 25 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Genesis1 verse
  1. 46:11

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus2 verses
  1. 6:16

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

  2. 6:17

    The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Numbers11 verses
  1. 3:17

    These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 3:18

    These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

  3. 3:21

    From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.

  4. 3:25

    The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

  5. 4:22

    “Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,

  6. 4:28

    This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

  7. 4:38

    Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,

  8. 4:41

    These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.

  9. 7:7

    He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,

  10. 10:17

    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

  11. 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.

Joshua2 verses
  1. 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.

  2. 21:27

    This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

1 Chronicles9 verses
  1. 6:1

    The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  2. 6:16

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

  3. 6:17

    These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

  4. 6:20

    Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

  5. 6:43

    the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

  6. 6:62

    The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

  7. 6:71

    The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.

  8. 15:7

    from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;

  9. 23:6

    Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

'=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16).

In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place, the curtains, veils, tent-hangings (Num. 3: 21-26). Thirteen Levitical cities fell to the lot of the Gershonites (Josh. 21:27-33).