In Jewish tradition, one of the three sons of Levi and the founder of a priestly family line that cared for the tabernacle.
From Hebrew Gershom or Gershon, meaning 'expulsion' or 'sojourner.' The name appears in the Bible and refers to an important ancestral figure in Levite genealogy.
The Gershonites were so organized that they invented one of history's first documented inventory and logistics systems to manage the portable tabernacle's 63 sacred objects.
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