Numbers 3:17

17 These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, 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 "Muster the descendants of Levi according to {their families}, according to their clans. You will count every male from {one month} and above."

16 So Moses mustered them according to the {command of Yahweh}, just as he commanded.

17 These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

18 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei.

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