Exodus 6:18

18 The ¹sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 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.

FOOTNOTES:

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

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 6:18 In-Context

16 These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, the years of the life of Levi being 137 years.

17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years.

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

20 Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father's sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.

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1. Numbers 3:19; Numbers 26:57; 1 Chronicles 6:2, 18

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Exodus 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:18 In-Context

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