Numbers - 3:18



18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 3:18.

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The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.
The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
Haec autem sunt nomina filiorum Gerson per familias suas, Libni et Semei.

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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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