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 will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger 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 will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
And it shall be in the way in the inn, and Jehovah will meet with him and will seek to kill him. And Zipporah will take a stone, and will cut off the uncircumcision her son, and will come to his feet, and will say, For a spouse of bloods, thou to me. read more. And he will desist from him: then she said, A husband of bloods, for the circumcision.
And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger in a strange land;
And the sons of Dan will raise up to them the carved thing: and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danites even to the day of the captivity of the land.
The sons of Levi: Gershom, hath and Merari. And these the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
And to the sons of Gershom for their families from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
To the sons of Gershom from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and her areas and Ashtaroth and her areas:
To the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and his brethren, a hundred and thirty:
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: from 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 will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
And Zipporah will take a stone, and will cut off the uncircumcision her son, and will come to his feet, and will say, For a spouse of bloods, thou to me.
And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger in a strange land;
And there will be a youth from the House of Bread, of Judah, from the families of Judah, and he a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And these came in to Micah's house, and they will take the carved thing, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten thing; and the priest will say to them, What are ye doing? And they will say to him, Be silent; put thy hand upon thy mouth and go with us, and be to us for father and for priest: is it good for thee to be priest to the house of one man, or for thee to be priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel? read more. And the priest's heart will be joyous, and he will take the ephod, and the teraphim, and the carved thing, and will go in the midst of the people. And they will turn and go and put the little ones and the cattle and the wealth before them. They were far off from the house of Micah, and the men that were in the houses which were with the house of Micah, were called together, and they will overtake the sons of Dan. And they will call to the sons of Dan, and they will turn their faces and say to Micah, What to thee that thou criedst out? And he will say, My gods which I made, ye took away, and the priest, and ye will go: and what to me yet? and what this ye will say to me, What to thee? And the sons of Dan will say to him, Thy voice shall not be heard with us lest men bitter of soul shall strike upon you, and thy soul was taken away, and the soul of thy house. And the sons of Dan will go to their way: and Micah will see that they were strong above him, and he will turn and turn back to his house. And they took what Micah made, and the priest which was to him, and they will go to Laish, upon a people quiet and confiding: and they will strike them with the mouth of the sword, and they will burn the city with fire. And there was none delivering, for it was far off from Sidon, and the word was not to them with man; and it is in the valley which is to the house of the street And they will build the city and dwell in it And they will call the name of the city, Dan, in the name of Dan their father, who will be born to Israel. And yet Laish the name of the city at first. And the sons of Dan will raise up to them the carved thing: and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danites even to the day of the captivity of the land.
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. The sons of Gersbom, Shebuel the head. read more. And the sons of Ehezer will be Rehabiah the head. And to Eliezer was no other sons; and the sons of Rehabiah were multipled to going up.
And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, leader over the treasures. And his brethren for Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zaccur his son, and Shelomith his son. read more. This Shelomith and his brethren ever all the treasures of the holies that David the king consecrated, and the heads of the fathers to the chiefs of the thousands and the hundreds, and the chiefs of the army. From the battles and from the spoils they consecrated to strengthen for the house of Jehovah. And all Samuel the seer consecrated, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, all consecrating over the hand of Shelomith and his brethren.
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: from 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/juliasmith'>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 will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
And he will remove the wheel of their chariots, and they will drive in heaviness; and Egypt will say, I will flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah waged war for them against Egypt
And he will remove the wheel of their chariots, and they will drive in heaviness; and Egypt will say, I will flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah waged war for them against Egypt
And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, will take Zipporah, Moses' wife, after her sending forth, And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger in a strange land; read more. And the name of the one Eliezer; for the God of my father for my help, and he will take me away from the sword of Pharaoh. And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, will come, and and his sons and his wife, to Moses to the desert, where he encamped there in the mountain of God. And he will say to Moses, I thy father-in-law, Jethro, came to thee, and thy wife and her two sons with her.
And there will be a youth from the House of Bread, of Judah, from the families of Judah, and he a Levite, and he sojourned there.
And the sons of Dan will raise up to them the carved thing: and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danites even to the day of the captivity of the land.
And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, leader over the treasures.
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: from 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 will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger in a strange land;
And the sons of Dan will raise up to them the carved thing: and Jonathan, son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Danites even to the day of the captivity of the land.
The sons of Levi: Gershom, hath and Merari. And these the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. read more. And the sons of Kohath, Amram and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these the families of the Levites according to their fathers. To Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. The sons of Kohath: Aminadab 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 Saul his son.- And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. 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 first-born, Vashni and Abiah. The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, Shimea his son, Haggish his son, Asaiah his son. And these whom David set up over the hands of song of the house of Jehovah from the resting of the ark And they will be serving before the dwelling of the tent of appointment in song even till Solomon built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they will stand according to their judgment over their service. And these standing and their sons. From the sons of the Kohathites: Heman singing, 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 standing at his right hand, Asaph the son of Berachiah the son of Shimea, The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, The 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 at the left: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, Son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, Son of Amzi, son of Bath, son of Shamer, Son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. And their brethren the Levites being given to all the service of the dwelling of the house of God. And Aaron and his sons burning incense upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense for all the work of the holy of holies, and to expiate for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God commanded. And these the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, Moraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. And these their dwellings for their walls in their bound to the sons of Aaron to the families to the Kohathites: for to them was the lot And they will give to them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its areas round about it And the field of the city and its enclosures they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh, And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron and Libnah and her areas, and Jattir and Eshtemoa, and her areas, And Hilen and her areas, and Debir and her areas, And Ashan and her areas, and the house of the sun and her areas: And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba and her areas, and Alemeth and her areas, and Anathoth and her areas. All their cities thirteen cities in their families. And to the sons of Kohath being left from the family of the tribe from the half tribe, the half of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. And to the sons of Gershom for their families from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. To the sons of Merari for their families from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulon, by lot, twelve cities. And the sons of Israel will give to the Levites cities and their areas. And they will give by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they called them by names. And from the families of the sons of Kohath and there will be cities of their bound from the tribe of the sons of Ephraim. And they will give to them the cities of refuge, Shechem and her areas in mount Ephraim and Gezer and her areas, And Jokmeam and her areas, and the house of the hollow and her areas, And Ajalon and her areas, and Gath-Rimmon and her areas. And from the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and her areas, and Bileam and her areas for the families remaining to the sons of Kohath. To the sons of Gershom from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and her areas and Ashtaroth and her areas:
To the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief and his brethren, a hundred and thirty:
The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. The sons of Gersbom, Shebuel the head.
And Shebuel son of Gershom, son of Moses, leader over the treasures.
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: from 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 will bear a son, and he will call his name Gershom; for he said, I was a sojourner in a strange land.
And her two sons, which the name of the one Gershom, for he said I was a stranger in a strange land;
The sons of Levi: Gershom, hath and Merari. And these the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
And to the sons of Gershom for their families from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
To the sons of Gershom from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and her areas and Ashtaroth and her areas:
From the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: from the sons of Ithamar, Daniel: from the sons of David, Hattush.