1 Chronicles 6:1

בְּנֵי לֵוִי גֵּרְשֹׁם קְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

In Context

2וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּֽנֵי ־ גֵרְשׁוֹם לִבְנִי וְשִׁמְעִֽי ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 46:11וּבְנֵי לֵוִי גֵּרְשׁוֹן קְהָת וּמְרָרִֽי ׃

Numbers 3:14וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי לֵאמֹֽר ׃

Numbers 26:57וְאֵלֶּה פְקוּדֵי הַלֵּוִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְגֵרְשׁוֹן מִשְׁפַּחַת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי לִקְהָת מִשְׁפַּחַת הַקְּהָתִי לִמְרָרִי מִשְׁפַּחַת הַמְּרָרִֽי ׃

1 Chronicles 6:20בֶּן ־ ציף בֶּן ־ אֶלְקָנָה בֶּן ־ מַחַת בֶּן ־ עֲמָשָֽׂי ׃

Ezra 8:18וַיָּבִיאּוּ לָנוּ כְּיַד ־ אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַטּוֹבָה עָלֵינוּ אִישׁ שֶׂכֶל מִבְּנֵי מַחְלִי בֶּן ־ לֵוִי בֶּן ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְשֵׁרֵֽבְיָה וּבָנָיו וְאֶחָיו שְׁמֹנָה עָשָֽׂר ׃

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 →

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