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(Heb. Gershunni', âֵּøְùִׁðִּé Sept. Ãåäóùíß , but often simply like Gershon, and so A.V. often "son of Gershon"), a designation, usually in the plur., of the descendants of GERSHON, one of the sons of Levi (Num_3:21; Num_4:24; Num_4:27; Jos_21:33; 1Ch_23:7; 2Ch_29:12). Their office, during the marches in the wilderness, was to carry the vails and curtains belonging to the tabernacle, on the western side of which they encamped (Num_3:23-26; Num_26:57). In the singular the term is applied to Laadan (1Ch_26:21) and Jehiel (1Ch_29:8).