1 Chronicles 6:1

Levi

1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:1 in Other Translations

1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:1

The sons of Levi
After an account of the chief of the tribes of Judah and Simeon, of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, follows that of Levi, and his posterity; the kingdom being given to Judah, the birthright to Joseph, and the priesthood to Levi: the immediate sons of Levi were

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
as in ( Genesis 46:11 ) ( Exodus 6:16 ) , from these sprung the three families of the Levites.

1 Chronicles 6:1 In-Context

1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

2 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas the father of Abishua,

5 Abishua the father of Bukki, Bukki the father of Uzzi,

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 29:34; S Numbers 3:17; Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16; Numbers 26:57; 1 Chronicles 23:6