People of the Bible · Tribe of Levi

Gershon, son of Levi

The name Gershon means “his banishment; the change of pilgrimage.” Gershon is mentioned in 25 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:11. Also called Gershom.

Family of Gershon

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Who was Gershon?

=Ger’shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi’s three sons (Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16).

In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place, the curtains, veils, tent-hangings (Num. 3: 21-26). Thirteen Levitical cities fell to the lot of the Gershonites (Josh. 21:27-33).

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Gershon

  • Genesis 46:11

    And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Exodus 6:16

    And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

  • Numbers 10:17

    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16

    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

All 25 verses mentioning Gershon