Numbers 26:57
Also this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families; Gershon, of whom is the family of Gershonites; Kohath, of him the family of Kohathites; Merari, of him the family of Merarites.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
56Whatever thing befalleth by lot, either more (men), either fewer men, take that.
Cross References
Exodus 6:16And these be the names of the sons of Levi by their kindreds; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Forsooth the years of the life of Levi were an hundred and seven and thirty.
Numbers 3:1These be the generations of Aaron and of Moses, in the day in which the Lord spake to Moses, in the hill of Sinai. (These be the generations of Aaron and of Moses, on the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses, on Mount Sinai.)
Numbers 3:17And the sons of Levi were found, by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari;
1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi were Gershon + 6:1 Spelled ‘Gershom’ in some translations in Chapter 6, verses 16, 17, 20, 43, 62, and 71., 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 →