Exodus 6:18

18 ¹The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three * years.

Exodus 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:18

And the sons of Kohath, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel
So they are reckoned in ( 1 Chronicles 6:18 ) though only the family of the Hebronites are mentioned in ( Numbers 26:58 )

and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty three
years.
A Jewish chronologer says ^F6 he died one hundred years before the going out of Egypt: just the same number of years is ascribed to him by Polyhistor from Demetrius, an Heathen historian ^F7.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Shalshalet Hakabalaut, ut supra. (fol. 5. 1.)
F7 Apud Euseb. ut supra. (Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 21. p. 425.)

Exodus 6:18 In-Context

16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.

18 The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.

20 Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 3:19; 1 Chronicles 6:2, 18

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "years"