People descended from Gershon, son of Levi.
About Gershonites
Levi’s oldest son (also spelled Gershom) who went into Egypt with Israel (Genesis 46:11; Numbers 3:17; 1 Chronicles 6:1). He became the ancestor of a group of Levites called the Gershonites who left Egypt with Moses (Exodus 6:16–17; Numbers 3:18, 21).
When the Levitical cities were given out, the Gershonites were listed as one of the largest Levitical groups in Israel (Joshua 21:1–7). Some Bible passages show that they were sometimes the main working group among the Levites (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 3:17; 26:57; 1 Chronicles 6:1, 16; 23:6).
Key References
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
All Scripture References (12)
Numbers (7)
From Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan; these were the Gershonite clans.
The Gershonite clans were to camp on the west, behind the tabernacle,
and the leader of the families of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael.
This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:
All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.
This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
Joshua (1)
In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.
1 Chronicles (3)
The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.
From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.
2 Chronicles (1)
Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;