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22Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

Numbers 4:22 —

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  • Numbers 3:24

    And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

  • Numbers 3:18

    And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

  • Numbers 3:21

    Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21-33)

We have here the charge of the other two families of the Levites, which, though not so honourable as the first, yet was necessary, and was to be done regularly. 1. The Gershonites were charged with all the drapery of the tabernacle, the curtains, and hangings, and the coverings of badgers’ skins, Num. 4:22-26. These they were to take down when the cloud removed, and the ark and the rest of the hol…

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