New American Standard Bible 1995
1 Chronicles 6:47
47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 6:47 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- New International Version (NIV)the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- English Standard Version (ESV)son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
- New King James Version (NKJV)the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:47
45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48Their kinsmen the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:47 word by word
בֶּן־מַחְלִי֙ בֶּן־מוּשִׁ֔י בֶּן־מְרָרִ֖י בֶּן־לֵוִֽי׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:47
- 1 Chronicles 23:23The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth.
- 1 Chronicles 24:30The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- Numbers 3:20and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- Numbers 3:33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 3:20and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-hesed, five.
- 1 Chronicles 23:21The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
- Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exodus 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
- Numbers 4:42The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers’ households,
- Numbers 7:8and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out.
- Joshua 21:7The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.
- Genesis 29:34She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:47
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31-48Verses 31-48 The genealogies of David‘s three chief singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan or Jeduthun. 1 Chronicles 6:32 They waited on their office - On the establishment and continuance of the choral service in the temple, see 2 Chronicles 5:12, 2 Chronicles 29:27-30; 2 Chronicles 35:15. 1 Chronicles 6:33 Heman - In general Asaph takes precedence of Heman and Jeduthun, but here Heman is placed first, because his family, that of the Kohathites, had the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-47This genealogy lists the lead singers from Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:33), Gershon (6:39), and Merari (6:44), the main Levitical families.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-4816-48. The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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