Numbers 3:17
And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath and Merari.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 as the Lord had commanded.
18The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16And these are the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds: Gerson, and Caath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were a hundred and thirty seven.
Numbers 15:5And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb,
Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel. he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,
Joshua 21:1Then the princes of the families of Levi came to Eleazar the priest, and to Josue the son of Nun, and to the princes of the kindreds of all the tribes of the children of Israel:
1 Chronicles 6:16So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
Nehemiah 11:1And the princes of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: but the rest of the people cast lots, to take one part in ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in 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 →