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Numbers 3:19
19The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
Numbers 3:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Context of Numbers 3:19
17These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 18These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei. The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. 20The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families. 21To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans.
Read all of Numbers 3Numbers 3:19 word by word
וּבְנֵ֥י קְהָ֖ת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם עַמְרָ֣ם וְיִצְהָ֔ר חֶבְר֖וֹן וְעֻזִּיאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 3:19
- Numbers 3:27To Kohath belonged the clans of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites and Uzzielites; these were the Kohathite clans.
- Exodus 6:18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- 1 Chronicles 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:5From the descendants of Kohath, Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;
- 1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel—four in all.
- 1 Chronicles 25:4As for Heman, from his sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael and Jerimoth; Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-Ezer; Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
- Nehemiah 12:1These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Joshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Commentaries on Numbers 3:19
- 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. 14-3114-31. Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious. In the other tribes the survey was made for purposes of war [Nu 1:3], from which the Levites were totally…Read the comment
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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
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