Numbers 3:17
and there were found the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
16Moses numbered them, just as the Lord had instructed,
18The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindred: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Now the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.
Numbers 15:5and he shall give the same measure of wine, poured out as libations, whether as a holocaust or as a victim.
Numbers 24:1And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert,
Joshua 21:1And the leaders of the families of Levi approached Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the rulers of the extended families of each of the tribes of the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 6:16So the sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Nehemiah 11:1Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. Yet truly, the remainder of the people cast lots, so that they might choose one part in ten who were to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts for the other cities.
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 →