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Numbers 3:21 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 21
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.Numbers 3:21 · King James Version
Numbers 3:21 in context
19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- LibnitesLibnîya Libnite or descendants of LibniH3846 →
- ShimitesShimʻîya Shimite or descendants of ShimiH8097 →
- GershonGêrᵉshôwnGereshon or Gereshom, an IsraeliteH1648 →
- familymishpâchâha familyH4940 →
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The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward, Num 3:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-39