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New Century Version

Numbers 3:18

The Gershonite family groups were Libni and Shimei.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Libni;   Shimei;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Libni;   Shimei;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gershon;   Levites;   Shimei;   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 ;   Libni ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Shimei ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Shimei;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Lib'ni;   Shim'ei;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - First-Born;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gershon;   Libni;   Moses;   Shimei;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hafá¹­arah;   Shimei;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Livni and Shim`i.
King James Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Lexham English Bible
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei.
New English Translation
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Amplified Bible
These are the names of the [two] sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
New American Standard Bible
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Legacy Standard Bible
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;
Contemporary English Version
Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
Complete Jewish Bible
The names of the sons of Gershon were Livni and Shim‘i; they fathered their respective clans;
Darby Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their families: Libni and Shimei.
Easy-to-Read Version
Each son was the leader of several family groups. The Gershon family groups were Libni and Shimei.
English Standard Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
George Lamsa Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Christian Standard Bible®
These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
Literal Translation
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The names of the children of Gerson in their kynreds, were: Libni and Semei.
American Standard Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Bible in Basic English
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And these are the names of the chyldren of Gerson in their kinredes: Libni, and Semei.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
King James Version (1611)
And these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon, by their families: Libni, and Shimei.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And these are the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:
English Revised Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni and Shimei.
Berean Standard Bible
These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
the sones of Gerson weren Lebny, and Semey;
Young's Literal Translation
And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Update Bible Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
Webster's Bible Translation
And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
World English Bible
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
New King James Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
New Living Translation
The clans descended from Gershon were named after two of his descendants, Libni and Shimei.
New Life Bible
The names of the sons of Gershon by their families are Libni and Shimei.
New Revised Standard
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And these, the names of the sons of Gershon by their families, - Libni and Shimei.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.
Revised Standard Version
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shim'e-i.
THE MESSAGE
These are the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;

Contextual Overview

14 The Lord again said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai, 15 "Count the Levites by families and family groups. Count every male one month old or older." 16 So Moses obeyed the Lord and counted them all. 17 Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 The Gershonite family groups were Libni and Shimei. 19 The Kohathite family groups were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 The Merarite family groups were Mahli and Mushi. These were the family groups of the Levites. 21 The family groups of Libni and Shimei belonged to Gershon; they were the Gershonite family groups. 22 The number that was counted was 7,500 males one month old or older. 23 The Gershonite family groups camped on the west side, behind the Holy Tent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:21, Exodus 6:17-19, 1 Chronicles 6:17, 1 Chronicles 6:20, 1 Chronicles 6:21, 1 Chronicles 23:7-11, 1 Chronicles 25:4, 1 Chronicles 26:1-32, Nehemiah 12:1-26

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:22 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your descendants and her descendants will be enemies. One of her descendants will crush your head, and you will bite his heel."
Joshua 23:13
the Lord your God will not help you defeat your enemies. They will be like traps for you, like whips on your back and thorns in your eyes, and none of you will be left in this good land the Lord your God has given you.
Job 1:21
He said: "I was naked when I was born, and I will be naked when I die. The Lord gave these things to me, and he has taken them away. Praise the name of the Lord ."
Job 5:5
The hungry eat his harvest, even taking what grew among the thorns, and thirsty people want his wealth.
Job 31:40
then let thorns come up instead of wheat, and let weeds come up instead of barley." The words of Job are finished.
Psalms 90:3
You turn people back into dust. You say, "Go back into dust, human beings."
Psalms 104:2
you wear light like a robe. You stretch out the skies like a tent.
Proverbs 22:5
Evil people's lives are like paths covered with thorns and traps. People who guard themselves don't have such problems.
Proverbs 24:31
Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds, and the stone walls had fallen down.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families,.... Or to Gershon belonged two families, called after the names of his sons, who were now numbered, namely,

Libni and Shimei; and who are elsewhere mentioned as his sons, Exodus 6:17; and from hence were the families of the Libnites and Shimites, as in Numbers 3:21.


 
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