Of Gershon[was] the familyof the Libnitesand the familyof the Shimeites;these[were] the familiesof the Gershonites.
Theseare the namesof the sonsof Gershom:Libniand Shimei.
Theseare the namesof the sonsof Leviaccording to their generations:Gershonand Kohathand Merari;and the lengthof Levi'slifewas one hundredand thirty-sevenyears.
the familyof the houseof Leviby itselfand their wivesby themselves;the familyof the Shimeitesby itselfand their wivesby themselves;
Theseare the familiesof Levi:the familyof the Libnites,the familyof the Hebronites,the familyof the Mahlites,the familyof the Mushites,the familyof the Korahites.Kohathbecamethe fatherof Amram.
Theseare the namesof the sonsof Gershonby their families:Libniand Shimei;
and the sonsof Merariby their families:Mahliand Mushi.Theseare the familiesof the Levitesaccording to their fathers'households.
Their numberedmen, in the numberingof everymalefrom a montholdand upward,[even] their numberedmen [were] 7,500
"Takea censusof the sonsof Gershonalso,by their fathers'households,by their families;
The sonsof Gershonreceived thirteencitiesby lotfrom the familiesof the tribeof Issacharand from the tribeof Asherand from the tribeof Naphtaliand from the half-tribeof Manassehin Bashan.
