1 Chronicles 6:1
Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
In Context
2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Cross References
Genesis 46:11And sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:14And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Numbers 26:57And these [are] numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon [is] the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.
1 Chronicles 6:20of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Ezra 8:18And they bring to us, according to the good hand of our God upon us, a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, and Sherebiah, and his sons, and his brethren, eighteen;
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 →