Gershon =Ger'shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi's three sons (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16).
In the wilderness the sons of Gershon had charge of the fabrics of the tabernacle when it was moved from place to place, the curtains, veils, tent-hangings (Numbers 1:3). Thirteen Levitical cities fell to the lot of the Gershonites (Joshua 21:27-33).