KJV King James Version
Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.
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Numbers 3:21
Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
WEB World English Bible
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
ASV American Standard Version
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Of Gershon is the family of the Libnite, and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite.
Surrounding context — Numbers 3
18 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 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.
21 Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.
22 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.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
24 And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael.
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לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹןH1648 · ge.re.shonGershonמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙H4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַלִּבְנִ֔יH3846 · liv.niLibniteוּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַשִּׁמְעִ֑יH8097 · shim.iShimeiteאֵ֣לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseהֵ֔םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖תH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי׃H1649 · ge.re.shun.niGershonite
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