Exodus 6:19

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These became the clan ancestors of the Levites, together with their descendants.

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And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

In Context

18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived until he was 133 years old.

20Amram married Jochebed, his father's sister. She bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years and then died.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20The clans coming from Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, listed clan by clan.

1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers.

1 Chronicles 24:26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; from the son of Jaaziah: Beno.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 6:15-30

Genealogies of Reuben, Simeon, and Levi. ( b. c. 1491.) 14 These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. 15 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. 16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi… Read the whole commentary →

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