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Numbers 3:21 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. "
Numbers 3:21
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Those 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.
The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
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Numbers 3:1
"These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai."
Numbers 3:2
"And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."
Numbers 3:3
"These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office."
Numbers 3:4
"And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father."
Numbers 3:5
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 3:6
"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister"
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