Numbers 3:20

20 Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.^[a]

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 were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

21 The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans.

22 Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500.

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Ch 6:1,16,20-29