Numbers 3:33

Numbers 3:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
• New International Version (NIV)To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.

Context of Numbers 3:33

31And their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all that belongs to its service. 32And the prince of princes of the Levites was Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: he had the oversight of them that kept the charge of the sanctuary. Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. 34And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred. 35And the prince of the father's house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They encamped on the side of the tabernacle northward.

Numbers 3:33 word by word

לִמְרָרִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַמַּחְלִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמּוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מְרָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847
• familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940

Cross-references for Numbers 3:33

• Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
• 1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.
• 1 Chronicles 23:21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

Commentaries on Numbers 3:33

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-39Verses 14-39 The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's chosen are but a little…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-39This first phase of a two-part registration of the tribe of Levi summarized each family's special duties. 4:1–33 describes this in more detail (see 4:34–49 for the second phase). This count did not relate to military duties, so it included male Levites from the age of one month (3:40–41). Three family groups descend from the three sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. These clans, often called the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites, later…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-511. These ... are the generations of Aaron and Moses, &c.--This chapter contains an account of their families; and although that of Moses is not detailed like his brother's, his children are included under the general designation of the Amramites (Nu 3:27), a term which comprehends all the descendants of their common father Amram. The reason why the family of Moses was so undistinguished in this record is that they were in the private ranks of the Levites…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 3:33

• Census
• Levites
• Merari

In the dictionaries

• Chief
• Conclude
• Custody
• Encamp
• Merarites
• Mushi
• O
• Secure
• Seek
• Sinai

Commentaries on Numbers 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings