Gershonite
Gershonite
(Heb. Gershunni’, Sept. , but often simply like Gershon, and so A.V. often “son of Gershon”), a designation, usually in the plur., of the descendants of GERSHON, one of the sons of Levi (Num 3:21; Num 4:24; Num 4:27; Jos 21:33; 1Ch 23:7; 2Ch 29:12). Their office, during the marches in the wilderness, was to carry the vails and curtains belonging to the tabernacle, on the western side of which they encamped (Num 3:23-26; Num 26:57). In the singular the term is applied to Laadan (1Ch 26:21) and Jehiel (1Ch 29:8).