Numbers 3:20

Numbers 3:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
• New International Version (NIV)The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses.

Context of Numbers 3:20

18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. 19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. 21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. 22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

Numbers 3:20 word by word

וּבְנֵ֧י מְרָרִ֛י לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם מַחְלִ֣י וּמוּשִׁ֑י אֵ֥לֶּה הֵ֛ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת הַלֵּוִ֖י לְבֵ֥ית אֲבֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Merariמְרָרִיmerârîy · MerariH4847
• familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• Mahliמַחְלִיmachlîy · MahliH4249
• Mushiמוּשִׁיmûshîy mûshshîy · MushiH4187
• theהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
• Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Numbers 3:20

• Numbers 3:33Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
• Exodus 6:19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
• 1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
• 1 Chronicles 15:6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
• 1 Chronicles 23:21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
• 1 Chronicles 24:27The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
• 1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

Commentaries on Numbers 3:20

• 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

Topics related to Numbers 3:20

• Census
• Gershon
• Levites

In the dictionaries

• Chief
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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