1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Majority Standard Bible
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, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:14Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Numbers 26:57Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Ezra 8:18And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;
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 →