1 Chronicles 6:1
The Bnei Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
2And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershom: Livni and Shime'i.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11And the Bnei Levi: Gershon, Kohat, and Merari.
Numbers 3:14And Hashem spoke unto Moshe in the midbar of Sinai, saying,
Numbers 26:57And these are they that were numbered of the Levi'im after their Mishpekhot: of Gershon, the Mishpakhat HaGershuni; of Kehat, the Mishpakhat HaKehati; of Merari, the Mishpakhat HaMerari.
1 Chronicles 6:20Ben Tzuph Ben Elkanah Ben Machat Ben Amasai,
Ezra 8:18And by the good Yad of Eloheinu upon us they brought us an Ish Seichel, of the Bnei Machli, ben Levi, ben Yisroel; and Sherevyah, with his banim 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 →