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Numbers 3:19
19The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, 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.
- New International Version (NIV)The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, 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.
Context of Numbers 3:19
17Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18The clans descended from Gershon were named after two of his descendants, Libni and Shimei. The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups. 21The descendants of Gershon were composed of the clans descended from Libni and Shimei.
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 3:27The descendants of Kohath were composed of the clans descended from Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- Exodus 6:18The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (Kohath lived to be 133 years old.)
- 1 Chronicles 6:18The descendants of Kohath included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:5From the clan of Kohath, 120, with Uriel as their leader.
- 1 Chronicles 23:12Four of the descendants of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chronicles 25:4From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1These are the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the family of Abiasaph.
- Nehemiah 12:1Here is the list of the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the high priest: 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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