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GershonGershon was the oldest of the three sons of Levi; his brothers were Kohath and Merari (Gen. 46:11; Num. 3:17). He is also called Gershom (1 Chr. 15:7). Gershon was founder of the family called the Gershonites (Num. 26:57), one of the three main divisions of the Levitical priesthood. Gershon was apparently born to Levi before Jacob's family moved to Egypt to escape a famine (Ex. 6:16). Although Gershon was the oldest of Levi's sons, it was through the line of his younger brother Kohath that the priestly line of Aaron sprang years later after the Exodus of the Hebrew people from Egypt.
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