1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
2The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11and the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:14Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai. He said,
Numbers 26:57The Levite clans, counted clan by clan, were these: 1 Through Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites, 1 through Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites, 1 through Merari, the clan of the Merarites.
1 Chronicles 6:20The descendants of Gershon: His son was Libni. Libni's son was Jahath. His son was Zimmah.
Ezra 8:18So they sent us by our God's good hand a man named Sherebiah, a prudent man. He was a descendant of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel. He came with eighteen sons and brothers.
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 →