Numbers 3:33

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.

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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

32Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes of the Levites, with the oversight of those who keep the requirements of the sanctuary.

34Those who were counted of them, according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.

1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.

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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