Gershon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Gershon, his banishment; the change of pilgrimage