Exodus 6:19

19 And the sons of Merari [are] Mahli and Mushi. These [are] clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.

Exodus 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 6:19

And the sons of Merari, Mahali, and Mushi
From whence sprung the families of the Mahalites, and Mushites, ( Numbers 3:33 ) :

these are the families of Levi, according to their generations:
the families that descended from him and his sons, according to the order of their birth.

Exodus 6:19 In-Context

17 The sons of Gershon [are] Libni and Shimei according to their clans.

18 And the sons of Kohath [are] Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel, and the years of the life of Kohath [were] {one hundred and thirty-three years}.

19 And the sons of Merari [are] Mahli and Mushi. These [are] clans of the Levites according to their genealogies.

20 And Amram took Jochebed his aunt for himself as a wife, and she bore for him Aaron and Moses, and the years of the life of Amram [were] {one hundred and thirty-seven years}.

21 And the sons of Izhar [are] Korah and Nepheg and Zikri.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "generations"