1 Chronicles 6:1
The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
2And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Vzziel.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11Also the sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:14Moreouer, the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying,
Numbers 26:57These also are the nobers of ye Leuites, after their families: of Gershon came ye familie of the Gershonites: of Kohath, ye familie of the Kohathites: of Merari, the familie of the Merarites.
1 Chronicles 6:20Of Gershom, Libni his sonne, Iahath his sonne, Zimmah his sonne,
Ezra 8:18So by the good hande of our God which was vpon vs, they brought vs a man of vnderstanding of the sonnes of Mahali the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel, and Sherebiah with his sonnes and his brethren, euen eighteene.
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 →