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<p> Gershon. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:16. [[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" (&nbsp;Exodus 2:22; &nbsp;Exodus 18:3). (See [[Circumcision]] and &nbsp;Exodus 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 (&nbsp;Judges 17:7; &nbsp;Judges 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." </p> <p> 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 (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:15-17; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:24-28). One accompanied Ezra from [[Babylon]] (&nbsp;Ezra 8:2). </p>

<li> The son of Manasseh (&nbsp;Judges 18:30 ), in RSV "of Moses." <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Gershom'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/g/gershom.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> (Heb. Gershon', גֵּרִשׁם [in Chron. ussually גֵּרִשׁוֹם ], expulsion (See Gershon), an etymology alluded to in &nbsp;Exodus 2:22, where there is a play upon the word, as if written גֵּר שָׁם, or Ger-Sham, q.d. a sojourner there; in which passage the Sept. preserves the form Γηρσάμ [comp. Josepheus, Γηρσός = διάλεκτος, ''Ant.'' 2:13, 1], but elsewhere Graecizes Γηρσώμ or Γηρσών), the name of three or four Levites. </p> <p> '''1.''' Thu oldest son of Levi (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:16-17; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:20; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:43 [in the Hebrews], :62, 71; 15:7), elsewhere distinctively written GERSHON (See Gershon) (q.v.) </p> <p> '''2.''' The elder of the two sons (the second being Eliezer) who were born to Moses in the land of Midian by Zipporalm (&nbsp;Exodus 2:22; &nbsp;Exodus 18:4). B.C. 1698. These sons of the great lawgiver held no other rank than that of simple Levites, will the sons of their uncle Aaron enjoyed all the privileges of the priesthood (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:5; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:16; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:24), a proof of the rare disinterestedness of Moses. Shebuel, one of his descendants, emas appointed ruler (נָגִיר ) of the treasury under David (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 26:24-28). </p> <p> '''3.''' The son of one Manasseh (according to the text) and father of Jonathan, which last acted as priest to the [[Danites]] who captured [[Laish]] (&nbsp;Judges 18:30); but, according to a more correct reading, he is not different from the son of Moses. (See Jonathan). The Talmud explains the substitution of "Manasseha" for "Moses" in the text by asserting that Jonathan did the works of Manasseh, and was therefore reckoned in his family ''(Baba'' Bathra, fol. 109, b). (See Manasseh). </p> <p> '''4.''' A descendant of Phinehas, and chief of his house, who returned from Babylon with Ezra (&nbsp;Ezra 8:2), B.C. 459. </p>

<p> ''''' gûr´shom ''''' ( גּרשׁם , <i> ''''' gēreshōm ''''' </i> , from <i> ''''' gārash ''''' </i> , "to cast out"; explained, however, in &nbsp; Exodus 2:22 and &nbsp; Exodus 18:3 as from <i> '''''gūr''''' </i> , "For he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land"): </p> <p> (1) Firstborn son of Moses and Zipporah. The only details of his life contained in the [[Pentateuch]] are the account of his circumcision (&nbsp;Exodus 4:25 ), and his remaining under the care of Jethro, while Moses was in Egypt leading the Exodus. His descendants were numbered among the tribes of Levi (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 23:14 ). One of them apparently was the Jonathan who officiated as priest of the idolatrous sanctuary at Dan, and whose descendants held the office until the captivity. The Massoretic Text inserts a suspended <i> '''''nun''''' </i> , "נ , n," in the name of Moses (משה ), causing it to be read מנשה , <i> '''''Manasseh''''' </i> , for the purpose, according to tradition, of disguising the name out of respect for the revered Lawgiver. Another descendant described as a "son" was Shebuel, a ruler over the treasuries of David. </p> <p> (2) A son of Levi, so called in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:16 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:17 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:20 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:43 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:62 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:71 (Hebrew 1, 2, 5, 28, 47, 56); &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 15:7; elsewhere [[Gershon]] (which see). </p> <p> (3) A descendant of Phinehas, the head of a father's house, who journeyed with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem in the reign of Artaxerxes (&nbsp;Ezra 8:2 ). </p>