Numbers 3:20

20 Merari's sons by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi by their households.

Numbers 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:20

And the sons, of Merari, by their families
The third son of Levi; Mahli and Mushi;
the same as in ( Exodus 6:19 ) ; from whom were denominated the families of the Mahlites and Mushites, who, as the preceding families, were numbered at this time: these [are] the families of the Levites, according to the house of their
fathers;
in all eight families.

Numbers 3:20 In-Context

18 These were the names of Gershon's sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

19 Kohath's sons by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 Merari's sons by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi by their households.

21 To Gershon belonged the clans of Libni and Shimei. These were the clans of the Gershonites.

22 Their enrollment, according to the number of males over one month old, was 7,500.