Numbers 3:17

17 ¹And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

Numbers 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:17

And these were the sons of Levi, by their names
The immediate offspring and descendants of that patriarch: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari;
these went down with him into Egypt, ( Genesis 46:11 ) .

Numbers 3:17 In-Context

15 "List the sons of Levi, by fathers' houses and by clans; every male from a month old and upward you shall list."

16 So Moses listed them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

19 And the sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 26:57; Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; 1 Chronicles 6:1, 16; 1 Chronicles 23:6