1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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In The King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon and Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:14And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:
Numbers 26:57Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the Merarites.
1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Ezra 8:18And because the good hand of our God was over us, they led to us a very learned man from the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, with Sherebiah, and his sons, and his eighteen brothers,
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:1
Though Joseph and Judah shared between them the forfeited honours of the birthright, yet Levi was first of all the tribes, dignified and distinguished with an honour more valuable than either the precedency or the double portion, and that was the priesthood. That tribe God set apart for himself; it was Moses's tribe, and perhaps for his sake was thus favoured. Of that tribe we have an account in this chapter. I. Their pedigree, the first fathers of the tribe ( ver. 1-3 ), the line of the priests, from Aaron to the… Read the whole commentary →