Numbers 3:20

20 The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These [are] the clans of the Levites according to {their families}.

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 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.

20 The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These [are] the clans of the Levites according to {their families}.

21 {To Gershon belonged} the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these [are] the clans of the Gershonites.

22 The {ones counted} according to the number of every male from {one month} and above [were] seven thousand five hundred.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the house of their fathers"