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Gershom

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Expulsion.
  • The eldest son of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16,17,20,43,62,71; 15:7 )=GERSHON (q.v.).

  • The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Exodus 2:22; 18:3 ). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness (4:24-26), which Zipporah his wife believed to have been sent because he had neglected to circumcise his son. She accordingly took a "sharp stone" and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, "Surely a bloody husband art thou to me", i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again.

  • A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 8:2 ).

  • The son of Manasseh (Judges 18:30 ), in RSV "of Moses."

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    These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
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    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gershom'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​g/gershom.html. 1897.
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