Numbers 26:57
These 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.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16These also are the names of the sonnes of Leui in their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari (and the yeres of the life of Leui were an hundreth thirtie and seuen yere)
Numbers 3:1These also were the generations of Aaron and Moses, in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Numbers 3:17And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:1The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 26:53-57
52 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided… Read the whole commentary →