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Numbers 3:20

Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons. Those are the clans that were descended from Levi.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

In Context

19Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those four sons.

21The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from his sons Libni and Shimei.

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Cross References

Exodus 6:19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. All of those people whose names I have listed belonged to tribes/clans descended from Levi, in the order in which they were born.

1 Chronicles 6:19Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi. Here is a list of the descendants of Levi, who became leaders of their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:44A group of singers from Merari’s family helped Heman and Asaph. They stood to the left of Heman. The leader of this group was Ethan, the son of Kishi. Kishi was the son of Abdi. Abdi was the son of Malluch.

1 Chronicles 23:21Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.

1 Chronicles 25:3From the sons of Jeduthun they chose six men: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Jeduthun supervised them and also proclaimed God’s messages, playing his harp while he thanked and praised Yahweh.

Zechariah 12:13the male descendants [MTY] of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of Levi’s grandson Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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