Numbers 3:27

27 To Kohath belonged the families descended from Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. These were the families descended from Kohath.

Numbers 3:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:27

And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites
So called from Amram, the first son of Kohath, and father of Aaron and Moses; so that Moses and Aaron, and their children, are included in this family:

and the family of Izeharites;
of which family was Korah, ( Numbers 16:1 ) ;

and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites;
which four families had their names from Kohath's four sons, ( Numbers 3:19 ) ;

these are the families of the Kohathites;
which were as many as both the other sons of Levi.

Numbers 3:27 In-Context

25 At the tent of meeting the Gershonites were in charge of the inner tent, the outer tent and cover, the screen for the entrance to the tent of meeting,

26 the curtains for the courtyard, the screen for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the inner tent and the altar, and the ropes. They took care of all these things.

27 To Kohath belonged the families descended from Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. These were the families descended from Kohath.

28 The number of all the males at least one month old was 8,600. They were in charge of the holy place.

29 The families descended from Kohath put up their tents on the south side of the tent of meeting.