1 Chronicles 6:16

16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in ( Exodus 6:17-19 ) .

1 Chronicles 6:16 In-Context

14 'Azaryah fathered S'rayah, S'rayah fathered Y'hotzadak,
15 and Y'hotzadak went into captivity when ADONAI carried Y'hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N'vukhadnetzar.
16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari.
17 These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim'i.
18 The sons of K'hat:'Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and 'Uzi'el.
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