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Bishop's Bible

Numbers 3:21

Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Gershon;   Levites;   Libni;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Libni;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Shimites;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Levites;   Libni;   Shimeites;   Shimite;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gershon, Gershonites;   Job;   Libni;   Moses;   Priests and Levites;   Shimei, Shimeites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Gershon, Gershonites ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Levites ;   Libnites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Shimites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Shimei;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Shim'ites, the,;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershon;   Libni;   Moses;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of Gershon was the family of the Livni, and the family of the Shim`i: these are the families of the Gershoni.
King James Version
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Lexham English Bible
To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites.
New Century Version
The family groups of Libni and Shimei belonged to Gershon; they were the Gershonite family groups.
New English Translation
From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
Amplified Bible
Of Gershon were the families of the Libnites and of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites.
New American Standard Bible
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
Contemporary English Version
The two Gershon clans were the Libnites and Shimeites,
Complete Jewish Bible
Gershon fathered the clans of Livni and Shim‘i; these were the Gershon clans.
Darby Translation
Of Gershon, the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Easy-to-Read Version
The families of Libni and Shimei belonged to the family of Gershon. They were the Gershonite family groups.
English Standard Version
To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.
George Lamsa Translation
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
Good News Translation
The clan of Gershon was composed of the families of Libni and Shimei.
Christian Standard Bible®
The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.
Literal Translation
Of Gershon is the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites. These were the families of the Gershonites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are ye kynreds of Gerson: The Libnites and Semeites,
American Standard Version
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Bible in Basic English
From Gershon come the Libnites and the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.
King James Version (1611)
Of Gershon was the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To Gedson belongs the family of Lobeni, and the family of Semei: these are the families of Gedson.
English Revised Version
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Berean Standard Bible
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Of Gerson weren twei meynees, of Lebny, and of Semei;
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.
Update Bible Version
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.
World English Bible
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
New King James Version
From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Gershon were composed of the clans descended from Libni and Shimei.
New Life Bible
Of Gershon were the families of the Libnites and the Shimeites. These were the families of the Gershonites.
New Revised Standard
To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To, Gershon, belonged the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites, - these, are they - the families of the Gershonites.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the Semeites:
Revised Standard Version
Of Gershon were the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shim'e-ites; these were the families of the Gershonites.
THE MESSAGE
Gershon was ancestor to the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites, known as the Gershonite clans. All the males who were one month and older numbered 7,500. The Gershonite clans camped on the west, behind The Dwelling, led by Eliasaph son of Lael. At the Tent of Meeting the Gershonites were in charge of maintaining The Dwelling and its tent, its coverings, the screen at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the hangings of the Courtyard, the screen at the entrance to the Courtyard that surrounded The Dwelling and Altar, and the cords—in short, everything having to do with these things.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites.

Contextual Overview

14 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses in the wyldernesse of Sinai, saying: 15 Number the chyldren of Leui after the houses of their fathers in their kinredes: All that are males from a moneth old and aboue, shalt thou number. 16 And Moyses numbred them, according to the worde of the Lorde, as he was commaunded. 17 And these were the chyldren of Leui in their names: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes: Libni, and Semei. 19 The sonnes of Caath in their kinredes: Amram, Iesar, Hebron, and Oziel. 20 And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers. 21 Of Gerson came the kinred of the Libnites and the kinred of the Semeites. These are the kinredes of the Gersonites, 22 And the summe of them after the number of all the males, from a moneth old and aboue, was counted seuen thousande and fiue hundred. 23 And the kinredes of the Gersonites shall pitch behinde the tabernacle westwarde.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:18

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:22 - General Joshua 21:6 - General 1 Chronicles 6:17 - the sons of Gershom

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman sayde vnto the serpent: We eate of ye fruite of the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:3
But as for the fruite of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden, God hath sayde, ye shall not eate of it, neither shal ye touche of it, lest peraduenture ye dye.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sowed fygge leaues together, & made them selues apernes.
Isaiah 61:10
And therefore I am ioyfull in the Lorde, and my soule reioyceth in God: For he hath put vpon me the garment of saluation, and couered me with the mantle of righteousnesse: He shal decke me lyke a bridegrome, and as a bride that hath her apparell vpon her.
Romans 3:22
The ryghteousnes of God [commeth] by the fayth of Iesus Christe, vnto all and vpon all them that beleue. There is no difference:
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sinne for vs, whiche knewe no sinne, that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites,.... The first son of Levi:

these [are] the family of the Gershonites; that were now, numbered.


 
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