1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
2The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath and Merari.
Numbers 3:14And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying:
Numbers 26:57This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites.
1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,
Ezra 8:18And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a most learned man of the sons of Moholi the son of Levi the son of Israel, and Sarabias and his sons, and his brethren eighteen,
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 →