Numbers 3:33

From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

In Context

32Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.

34Those who were numbered of them, the males of a month old and over, were six thousand, two hundred.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.

1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites listed by the names of their fathers.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 3:15-40

14 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15 Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 16 And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord , as he was commanded. 17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath by their families;… Read the whole commentary →

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