Numbers 3:20

20 The sons of Merari by their families: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

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 are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Livni and Shim`i.

19 The sons of Kehat by their families: `Amram, and Yitzhar, Hevron, and `Uzzi'el.

20 The sons of Merari by their families: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

21 Of Gershon was the family of the Livni, and the family of the Shim`i: these are the families of the Gershoni.

22 Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.