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Eldest son of Levi, born before the children of Israel entered Egypt, and his descendants. Gen. 46: 11; 1 Chr. 6: 1; 1 Chr. 23: 6. At the numbering of the Israelites in the wilderness there were 7,500 Gershonites as a branch of the Levites. Their charge was the frame- work of the tabernacle and the tent, with the hangings and curtains. For the transport of these they had two wagons and four oxen. Num. 3: 17-25; Num. 4: 22-38; Num. 7: 7. They had thirteen of the Levitical cities. Joshua 21: 6, 27-33. In the kingdom, under Asaph and his sons, they "prophesied according to the order of the king." Others had charge of the "treasures of the house of God, and were over the treasures of the holy things," and of the precious stones. 1 Chr. 23: 6, 7; 1 Chr. 25: 2; 1 Chr. 26: 20-22; 1 Chr. 29: 8. See
GERSHOM, No. 2.