Gershon
also GershomMale
'=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).
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Key verses
Exodus 6:16
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred thirty-seven years.
Genesis 46:11
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:25
The duty of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,
1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 23:6
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 10:17
The tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, went forward.