Four generations of the Gershon family have been cleaning clothing, leathers, draperies, rugs and many other household items in Kansas City since 1914. That’s nearly 100 years!
But that’s really just a few clicks of the historical clock when compared to the services of the ancestors of the Kansas City Gershons who were doing much the same thing many thousands of years ago!!! And that they were doing it under the specific instructions of God to Moses during the decades of wandering in the desert following the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.
A reading of portions of the Old Testament of the Bible reveals that the nomadic clans were given certain responsibilities and duties during the travels of the Jews. Gershon was a son of Levi and Gershon's sons and family and descendents composed what became known as Gershonite clans.
Paraphrased biblical instructions of the Lord regarding the work of the the Gershon clans (the Libnites and Shimeites) read that they had some seven thousand five hundred men and boys at least one month old. The Gershonites job was to camp on the west side of the sacred tent, under the leadership of Eliasaph son of Lael. Their duties at the tent included taking care of the tent itself, along with its outer covering, the curtain for the entrance, the curtains hanging inside the courtyard around the tent, as well as the curtain and ropes for the entrance to the courtyard and its altar. The Gershonites were responsible for setting these things up and taking them down during their moves through the wilderness of the Sinai desert.
We guess it can be said that the Kansas City Gershons, owners of Arrow Fabricare Services, are running their business much as the clan of Gershon which traces its lineage many thousands of years. So when it comes to taking care of draperies, leathers and other items...who can claim more experience???!!! It seems that the Gershons have been destined to be in their business for a long, long time!
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