Numbers 3:17

17 These were Levi's sons by name: Gershon, 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 "Register the Levites by their ancestral houses and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more."

16 So Moses registered them in obedience to the Lord as he had been commanded:

17 These were Levi's sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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

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