18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
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And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, …
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, …
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-39)The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward , Num. 3:15. The rest of the tribes were numbered only from twenty years old and upwards, and of them those only that were able to go forth to war ; but into th…
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