Numbers 3:17

Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

In Context

16So Moses/I counted them, just as Yahweh commanded.

18Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons.

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Cross References

Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi, in the order in which they were born: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi was 137 years old when he died.

Numbers 15:5When you offer a lamb to be a sacrifice to be completely burned, you must also pour on the altar one quart/liter of wine.

Numbers 24:1Balaam now realized that Yahweh wanted to bless the Israeli people, not curse them. So he did not use magic/divination like a shaman would do to find out what Yahweh wanted, as he often did. Instead, he turned toward the desert.

Joshua 21:1While Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of all the Israeli tribes were at Shiloh, the leaders of the clans of the tribe of Levi went to them and said, “Yahweh commanded Moses that you should give us towns where we can have pasture/fields/grassland for our animals, but you have not done these things yet.”

1 Chronicles 6:16Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Nehemiah 11:1The Israeli leaders and their families settled in the sacred city, Jerusalem. The other people ◄cast lots/threw marked stones► to determine which family from each ten families would live in Jerusalem. The other people continued to live in the other towns and cities in Judea.

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 →

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