Reference: Gershom
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A stranger there, one of the two sons of Moses and Zipporah, in the land of Midian, Ex 2:22; 18:3. Moses appears to have given them no rank or emoluments but those of simple Levites, 1Ch 23:15.
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And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
Easton
expulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1Ch 6:16-17,20,43,62,71; 15:7)=GERSHON (q.v.).
(2.) The elder of the two sons of Moses born to him in Midian (Ex 2:22; 18:3). On his way to Egypt with his family, in obedience to the command of the Lord, Moses was attacked by a sudden and dangerous illness (Ex 4:24-26), which Zipporah his wife believed to have been sent because he had neglected to circumcise his son. She accordingly took a "sharp stone" and circumcised her son Gershom, saying, "Surely a bloody husband art thou to me", i.e., by the blood of her child she had, as it were, purchased her husband, had won him back again.
(3.) A descendant of Phinehas who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezr 8:2).
(4.) The son of Manasseh (Jg 18:30), in R.V. "of Moses."
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And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
And it came to pass, on the way, in the resting-place for the night, that Yahweh fell upon him, and sought to kill him. So Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it down at his feet, - and said - Surely, a bridegroom by rites of blood, art thou to me! read more. So he let him go, Then, it was that she said, A bridegroom by rites of blood - with regard to the rites of circumcision.
and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image, - and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.
The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei.
And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands.
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, - of the sons of David, Hattush;
Fausets
Gershon. 1Ch 6:1,16. Firstborn of Moses and Zipporah "a sojourner in a foreign land" (geer)," sojourner," is common to Hebrew and Egyptian; shom is not from Hebrew sham "there," as margin, but shem, Coptic, "a strange land"); alluding to Moses' sojourn in Midian "for, he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land" (Ex 2:22; 18:3). (See CIRCUMCISION and Ex 4:25.) Gershom was founder of a family, of which was "Jonathan, son (descendant) of Gershom," the "young man the Levite," who became Micah's priest to the image (Jg 17:7; 18:18-30), and subsequently the Danites' priest. His descendants held this priesthood until the taking of the ark by the Philistines, which is called "the day of the captivity of the land."
Gershom in the Hebrew text (kethib) is called "son of Moses." The name is altered into Manasseh with a hanging 'n' (raised above the line to show it might either be inserted or omitted) in the Masoretic keri, or margin Hebrew "He did the deeds of idolatrous Manasseh," says the Talmud (Baba bathra, 109 b.), "therefore Scripture assigns him to the family of Manasseh." Rabbabar bar Channa says "it would have been ignominious to Moses to have had an ungodly son; he was the son of Manasseh in impiety, of Moses in descent." But other of Moses' descendants through Gershom reflected the piety of "the man of God." Shebuel Gershom's descendant was "ruler of the treasures" dedicated in the sanctuary under David (1Ch 23:15-17; 26:24-28). One accompanied Ezra from Babylon (Ezr 8:2).
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And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
So Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it down at his feet, - and said - Surely, a bridegroom by rites of blood, art thou to me!
and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, - he, being a Levite, and, he, being a sojourner there.
But, when, these, had entered the house of Micah, and taken the graven image and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What are ye doing? And they said unto him - Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest, - is it better that thou be priest to the house of one man, or that thou be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel? read more. Then was the heart of the priest glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, - and came into the midst of the people. So they turned, and went their way, - and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the goods, before them. They, had gone a good way from the house of Micah, when, the men that were in the houses near to the house of Micah, were called out and overtook the sons of Dan. And they called unto the sons of Dan, who turned their faces, - and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy neighbours? And he said - My gods which I had made, ye have taken away, and the priest, and have departed, and what have I more? How then is it that ye can say unto me, What aileth thee? And the sons of Dan said unto him, Do not let thy voice be heard among us, - lest men embittered in soul fall upon you, and thou gather in thy life and the lives of thy household. And the sons of Dan went on their journey, - and, when Micah saw that they were, too strong, for him, he turned and went back unto his house. They, therefore, took what Micah had made, and the priest that he had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure, and smote them with the edge of the sword, - the city also, burned they with fire. And there was no one to rescue, because it was, far, from Zidon, and they had no, dealings, with any one, it, being in the vale that pertaineth to Beth-rehob. Then built they the city, and dwelt therein, and called the name of the city, Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel, - howbeit, Laish, was the name of the city, at the first. And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image, - and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.
The sons of Moses, were Gershom, and Eliezer. the sons of Gershom, were Shebuel the chief; read more. and the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah the chief, - and Eliezer had no other sons, but, the sons of Rehabiah, were very many.
And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries. And, his brethren pertaining to Eliezer, were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. read more. The same Shelomoth and his brethren, were over all the treasuries of the hallowed things, which David the king and the ancestral chiefs, with the captains of thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had hallowed: out of the battles and out of the spoil, had they hallowed them , - to strengthen the provision for the house of Yahweh. And, all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, had hallowed, whosoever had hallowed anything, it was under the direction of Shelomoth, and his brethren.
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, - of the sons of David, Hattush;
Hastings
1. The elder of the two sons borne to Moses by Zipporah (Ex 2:22; 18:2-6; the explanation of the name given in these two passages is folk-etymology). According to 25/type/emb'>Ex 14:25,25, the origin of circumcision among the Israelites was connected with that of Gershom; the rite was performed by his mother; this was contrary to later usage, according to which this was always done by a man. The son of Gershom, Jonathan, and his descendants were priests to the tribe of the Danites; but the fact that these latter set up for themselves a graven image, and that therefore the descendants of Gershom were connected with worship of this kind, was regarded as a grave evil by later generations, for which reason the word 'Moses' in Jg 18:30 was read 'Manasseh' by the insertion of an n above the text; it was thought derogatory to the memory of Moses that descendants of his should have been guilty of the worship of graven images. In Jg 17:7 there is a possible reference to Gershom, for the words 'and he sojourned there' can also be read 'and he (was) Gershom' (W. H. Bennett). In 1Ch 23:16; 26:24 the sons of Gershom are mentioned, Shebuel or Shubael being their chief. 2. A son of Levi (1Ch 6:16 [v. 1 in Heb.]); see Gershon. 3. A descendant of Phinehas, one of the 'heads of houses' who went up with Ezra from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezr 8:2).
W. O. E. Oesterley.
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And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
and he took off the wheels of their chariots, and made them drive heavily, - so that the Egyptians said - We must flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh, is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
and he took off the wheels of their chariots, and made them drive heavily, - so that the Egyptians said - We must flee from the face of Israel, for Yahweh, is fighting for them against the Egyptians.
So Jethro, Moses father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses wife, - after she had been sent home; and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land, read more. and, the name of the other, Eliezer, for the God of my father, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. And Jethro, Moses father-in-law, came in, with his two sons and his wife, unto Moses, - into the desert where, he, was encamping, the mountain of God; and said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming in unto thee, - and thy wife, and her two sons, with her.
And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah, of the family of Judah, - he, being a Levite, and, he, being a sojourner there.
And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image, - and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.
And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries.
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, - of the sons of David, Hattush;
Morish
Ger'shom
1. Eldest son of Moses and Zipporah, born in Midian. Ex 2:22; 18:3; Jg 18:30 (see MANASSEH); 1Ch 23:15-16; 26:24.
2. Eldest son of Levi, 1Ch 6:16-71; 15:7; but elsewhere named GERSHON.
3. A descendant of Phinehas who returned from exile. Ezr 8:2.
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And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
And the sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image, - and, Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of the Danites, until the day of the captivity of the land.
The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei. read more. And, the sons of Kohath, were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi. And, these, are the families of Levi by their fathers: To Gershom, pertained Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. The sons of Kohath, Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son; Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son; Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. And, the sons of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son; Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. And, the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, Joel , and, the second, Abiah. the sons of Merari, Mahli, - Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son; Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark; so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, - and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work. Yea, these, are they who stood, with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel, son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, - son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai: - son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, - son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah; - son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. And, his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, - son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, - son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah; - son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, - son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. And, the sons of Merari, their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch; - son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, - son of Amzi, son of Bani, son o Shemer; - son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. Howbeit, their brethren, the Levites, were given, for all the work of the habitation, of the house of God. But, Aaron and his sons, were to make perfume upon the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and upon the altar of incense, according to all the service of the holy of holies, - even for putting a propitiatory-covering over Israel, according go all that, Moses, the servant of God, commanded. And, these, are the sons of Aaron, - Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, - Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, - Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, - Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary, - pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot: so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it; but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh. And, to the sons of Aaron, gave they, the cities of refuge - Hebron, and Libnah, with her pasture lands, - and Jattir and Eshtemoa, with her pasture lands; and Hilen with her pasture lands, Debir, with her pasture lands; and Ashan, with her pasture lands, and Bethshemesh, with her pasture lands; and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba, with her pasture lands, and Allemeth, with her pasture lands, - and Anathoth, with her pasture lands; - all their cities, were thirteen cities, throughout their families. And, unto the rest of the sons of Kohath - of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities. And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. And, unto seas of Merari, by their families - out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities. So then the sons of Israel gave, to the Levites, - the cities and the pasture lands thereof; yea they gave, by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Judah, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. But, as for some of the families of the sons of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave unto them the cities of refuge - Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and Gezer, with her pasture lands; and Jokmeam, with her pasture lands, and Beth-heron, with her pasture lands; and Aijalon, with her pasture lands, and Gath-rimmon, with her pasture lands; and, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner, with her pasture lands, and Bileam, with her pasture lands, - for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands.
The sons of Moses, were Gershom, and Eliezer. the sons of Gershom, were Shebuel the chief;
And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries.
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, - of the sons of David, Hattush;
Smith
Ger'shom
(a stranger or exile).
1. The first-born son of Moses and Zipporah.
(B.C. 1530.)
2. The form under which the name GERSHON--the eldest son of Levi--is given in several passages of Chronicles, viz.,
See Gershon
3. The representative of the priestly family of Phinehas, among those who accompanied Ezra from Babylon.
(B.C. 536.)
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And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom, - for he said, A, sojourner, I am, in a strange land.
and her two sons, - of whom, the name of the one, was Gershom, for, said he, A sojourner, am I in a strange land,
The sons of Levi, Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And, these, are the names of the sons of Gershom, Libni and Shimei.
And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands.
Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom, of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel, - of the sons of David, Hattush;