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a'Nem - (two springs ), a city of Issachar, with "suburbs," belonging to the (Gershonites)
ha'zi-el - (union of God ), a Levite in the time of David, of the family of Shi-mei or Shimi, the younger branch of the (Gershonites
Helkath - Town on the border of Asher allotted to the Gershonites
Eliasaph - Son of Lael: a chief man of the Gershonites
Eli'Asaph - ) ...
A levite, and "chief of the Gershonites" at the same time
Gershon, Gershonites - GERSHON, Gershonites . The title ‘Gershonites’ is found in Numbers 3:21 ; Numbers 3:23 f. Comparatively little is related of the Gershonites after the Exile. Of the ‘sons of Asaph’ (Gershonites), 128 ( Ezra 2:41 ) or 148 ( Nehemiah 7:44 ) returned with Ezra to the city in b. (1) During the desert wanderings the Gershonites were on the west side of the Tent (Numbers 3:23 ); their duty was to carry all the hangings which composed the Tent proper, and the outer coverings and the hangings of the court, with their cords ( Numbers 3:25 f. David divided the Levites into courses ‘according to the sons of Levi’ ( 1 Chronicles 23:6 ; Gershonites, 1 Chronicles 23:7-11 ); and particular offices of Gershonites are stated in 1 Chronicles 26:21 f
Eliasaph - Son of Lael, and prince of the Gershonites ( Numbers 3:24 P [Note: Priestly Narrative
Ger'Shonites, the, - "THE GERSH0NITE," as applied to individuals, occurs in (1 Chronicles 26:21 ) The sons of Gershon (the Gershonites) had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle--the coverings, curtains, hangings and cords
Gershon - Thirteen Levitical cities fell to the lot of the Gershonites (Joshua 21:27-33 )
Merarites - They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place (Numbers 3:20,33-37 ; 4:29-33 ). In the distribution of the oxen and waggons offered by the princes (Numbers 7 ), Moses gave twice as many to the Merarites (four waggons and eight oxen) as he gave to the Gershonites, because the latter had to carry only the lighter furniture of the tabernacle, such as the curtains, hangings, etc
Gershon - The Gershonites encamped west of the tabernacle in the wilderness, and carried its curtains and other parts form station to station, Numbers 3:17,25 ; 4:24-28,38 - 41 ; 10:17
Kiriathaim - Kiriathaim of Naphtali, assigned to the Levitical Gershonites (1 Chronicles 6:76)
Shelomith - The Gershonites numbered nine fathers' houses, six named after Laadan, and three after Shimei. Laadan and Shimei are not named in 1 Chronicles 23:7 as being sons of Gershon, but as founders of the two chief lilies of the Gershonites
Gershon - He was the progenitor of the Gershonites, who had specifically assigned responsibilities regarding the transporting of the tabernacle during the years of Israel's nomadic existence in the wilderness
Ashtaroth - It was in the half-tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 13:12 ), and as a Levitical city was given to the Gershonites (1 Chronicles 6:71 )
ab'Don - ) ...
A city in the tribe if Asher, given to the Gershonites, (Joshua 21:30 ; 1 Chronicles 6:74 ) the modern Abdeh, 10 miles northeast of Accho
Engannim - Allotted to the Gershonites (Leviticus 21:29)
Ithamar - Under the superintendence of Ithamar were placed the Gershonites and Merarites who carried portions of the tabernacle
Ith'Amar - (Exodus 28:1,40,43 ; Numbers 3:3,4 ; 1 Chronicles 24:2 ) In the distribution of services belonging to the tabernacle, and its transport on the march of the Israelites, the Gershonites and the Merarites were placed under the superintendence of Ithamar
Kohathites - Since Kohath was the grandfather of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam (Exodus 6:20 ; Numbers 26:59 ; see Amram), the Kohathites were considered the most important of the three major Levitical families (that is, Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites). The Kohathites, along with the Gershonites and Merarites, were placed around the tabernacle and were charged with caring for and moving it. See Levites ; Gershonites; Merarites
Abdon -
This is the name also of a Levitical town of the Gershonites, in the tribe of Asher ( Joshua 21:30 ; 1Chronicles 6:74)
Abdon - City in the tribe of Asher, one of the four given to the Gershonites
Ithamar - ); set over the Gershonites and the Merarites in connexion with the service of the Tent of Meeting ( Numbers 4:21-33 ; Numbers 7:7 f
Merarites - The Merarites and Gershonites were responsible for the set up, breakdown, and transport of the tabernacle (Numbers 10:17 ; compare Numbers 3:36-37 ; Numbers 4:29-33 ; Numbers 7:8 )
Gershon, Gershonites - At the numbering of the Israelites in the wilderness there were 7,500 Gershonites as a branch of the Levites
Ithamar - Ithamar superintended the Gershonites who had charge of the curtains and hangings, and Merari who had charge of the pillars, Cords, and boards, on the march (Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:21-33)
Camp And Encamp - The tabernacle was placed in the centre; and round it were the tents of the house of Levi, in four divisions; Moses and Aaron, with the priests, on the east side, the Gershonites westward, Numbers 3:1-51, the Kohathites southward, and the Memrites northward
Merari - ...
They shared with the Gershonites and Kohathites the offices of singers, doorkeepers, etc
Levites - ...
The priests occupied the eastern side of the tabernacle, inside Judah the leading camp; the Kohathites the southern side, inside Reuben; the Gershonites the western side, inside Ephraim; the Merarites the northern, inside Daniel The aggregate of Gershonites (Numbers 3:22), Kohathites (Numbers 3:28), and Merarites (Numbers 3:34), is 22,300; but in the redemption 300 are deducted (probably the firstborn in Levi within the year that had elapsed since the command was issued, Numbers 3:40-43), and 22,000 taken as substituted for Israel's male firstborn. ...
So, of 8,600 Kohathites, 2,750 were on duty, of 7,500 Gershonites 2,630, of 6,200 Merarites 3,200 (Numbers 4). The Gershonites bore the tent hangings and curtains; the Merarites the tabernacle boards, bars, and pillars; the Kohathites under Eleazar bore the vessels on their shoulders (Numbers 7:9); the Gershonites and Merarites under Ithamar (Numbers 4:28; Numbers 4:33), because of their weighty charge, were allowed oxen and wagons. " Korah's sons of the Levites, headed by Heman, played upon psalteries and harps (1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 9:32); the Kohathites prepared the shewbread every sabbath; the Gershonites were headed by Asaph's son in the temple choir (1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:44; 1 Chronicles 15:17), the Merarites by Ethan or Jeduthun
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JUDAH, with Issachar and Zebulun, ...
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DAN, with Asher and Naphtali
Levites - The Levites were divided into different classes: Gershonites, Kohathites, Merarites, and Aaronites or priests, Numbers 3, &c. The Gershonites, whose number was seven thousand five hundred, were employed in the marches through the wilderness in carrying the veils and curtains of the tabernacle; the Kohathites, whose number was eight thousand six hundred, in carrying the ark and sacred vessels of the tabernacle; the Merarites, whose number was six thousand two hundred, in carrying the several pieces of the tabernacle which could not be placed upon the chariots; and the Aaronites were the priests who served the sanctuary
Levites - They consisted of three great families, the Kohathites, the Gershonites, and the Merarites, of which the first carried the sacred vessels, the second the hangings and curtains of the tabernacle, and the third the boards and pillars
Levite - The Gershonites pitched their tents on the west of the tabernacle (3:23), the Kohathites on the south (3:29), the Merarites on the north (3:35), and the priests on the east (3:38)
Ashtaroth - see]), originally held by Og, king of Bashan ( Deuteronomy 1:4 , Joshua 9:10 ; Joshua 12:4 ; Joshua 13:12 ; Joshua 13:31 ), later captured by the Israelites and by them awarded to the Gershonites ( Joshua 21:27 Be-eshterah , ‘dwelling [or temple] of Ashtoreth’; cf
Kohath, Kohathites - (1) During the desert wanderings the Kohathites were on the south side of the Tent ( Numbers 3:30 ), and they carried the screen of the sanctuary and its furniture, after it had been prepared for travel by the greatest of all the descendants of Kohath Aaron and his sons ( Numbers 3:31 , Numbers 4:4-18 , Numbers 10:21 ); they were privileged to carry their burden upon their shoulders ( Numbers 7:9 ), instead of in waggons, as the Gershonites and Merarites; they were superintended by Eleazar, Aaron’s son ( Numbers 4:16 )
Levite - There were forty-eight Levitical cities and these were divided among four groups – the priestly Kohathites (Aaron was a Kohathite; Exodus 6:16-20), the non-priestly Kohathites, the Gershonites, and the Merarites
le'Vites - (Numbers 3:31 ; 4:15 ; 31:35) (2) the Gershonites had to carry the tent-hangings and curtains