Numbers 3:33

The clans that were descended from Merari were those descended from his sons Mahli and Mushi.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

In Context

32Aaron’s son Eleazar was the leader of all the male descendants of Levi. He supervised all the work that was done at the Sacred Tent.

34In those two clans there were 6,200 males who were at least one month old.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20Merari 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.

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.

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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