Gershon

Gershon is a Levite living at the time of Egypt and the wilderness, from the tribe of Levi. He is named in 24 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:11.

Family

Verses

Genesis

• Genesis 46:11
  And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus

• Exodus 6:16
  And 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 an hundred thirty and seven years.These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
• Exodus 6:17
  The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Numbers

• Numbers 3:17
  And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• Numbers 3:18
  And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
• Numbers 3:21
  Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
• Numbers 3:25
  And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,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,
• Numbers 4:22
  Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;“Take a census of the Gershonites as well, by their families and clans,
• Numbers 4:38
  And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,Then the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families,
• Numbers 4:41
  These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
• Numbers 7:7
  Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
• Numbers 10:17
  And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
• Numbers 26:57
  And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.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

• Joshua 21:6
  And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
• Joshua 21:27
  And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh–terah with her suburbs; two cities.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 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 6:1
  The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 6:16
  The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chronicles 6:17
  And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
• 1 Chronicles 6:20
  Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,Of Gershom:
• 1 Chronicles 6:43
  The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
• 1 Chronicles 6:62
  And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.
• 1 Chronicles 6:71
  Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: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.
• 1 Chronicles 15:7
  Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:from the Gershomites, Joel the chief and 130 of his relatives;
• 1 Chronicles 23:6
  And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Notes

1. Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
2. Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.