Numbers 3:21
To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.
In context
18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers’ houses.
21 To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.
22 Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 7,500.
23 The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,
24 with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers’ house of the Gershonites.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Numbers 3:21 in the KJV
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
- NIV New International Version
— Numbers 3:21 in the NIV
To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans.