Gershon: =Ger'shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi's three sons
(Genesis 46:11; Exodus 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
(Numbers 3:21-26) Thirteen Levitical cities fell to
the lot of the Gershonites
(Joshua 21:27-33)
