Numbers 26:57
And 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.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
56according to the lot is their inheritance apportioned between many and few.'
Cross References
Exodus 6:16And these [are] the names of the sons of Levi, as to their births: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi [are] a hundred and thirty and seven years.
Numbers 3:1And these [are] births of Aaron and Moses, in the day of Jehovah's speaking with Moses in mount Sinai.
Numbers 3:17And these are sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:1Sons of Levi: 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 →