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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Gill's Exposition
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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