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Numbers 3:17
17These were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- New International Version (NIV)These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
- New King James Version (NKJV)These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Context of Numbers 3:17
15“Count the sons of Levi. According to their ancestral house, by their families, every male a month old and upward you are to number them.” 16So Moses numbered them in accordance with the word of Adonai, just as he was commanded. These were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18These then were the names of the sons of Gershon by their families—Libni and Shimei. 19The sons of Kohath by their families were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Read all of Numbers 3Numbers 3:17 word by word
וַיִּֽהְיוּ־אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵֽי־לֵוִ֖י בִּשְׁמֹתָ֑ם גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן וּקְהָ֖ת וּמְרָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 3:17
- Numbers 26:57These were the numbers of the Levites by their families: by Gershon the Gershonite family, by Kohath the Kohathite family, by Merari the Merarite family.
- Genesis 46:11Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- Exodus 6:16These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- Joshua 21:1Then the heads of ancestral houses of the Levites approached Eleazar the kohen and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of ancestral houses of the tribes of Bnei-Yisrael,
- 1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 15:5from the sons of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his kinsmen;
- 1 Chronicles 23:6David organized them into divisions: The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
- 1 Chronicles 24:1Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover, David and the commanders of the army, set apart for avodah the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun who prophesied with lyres, harps and cymbals. The list of those who performed this work according to their service was:
- 1 Chronicles 26:1The divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
- Numbers 11:1The people were murmuring in the ears of Adonai about hardship, and when Adonai heard, His anger burned. The fire of Adonai blazed among them, ravaging the outskirts of the camp.
- Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on account of the Cushite woman he married, because he had married a Cushite woman.
Commentaries on Numbers 3:17
- 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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