Numbers 3:17

17 ¹And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and 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 “List the sons of Levi, by fathers’ houses and by clans; every male from a month old and upward you shall list. ”

16 So Moses listed them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

19 And the sons of Kohath by their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Cross References

• 1. 3:17 ch. 26:57; Gen. 46:11; Ex. 6:16; 1 Chr. 6:1, 16; 23:6