Numbers 3:17

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, 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 Take the number of the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their divisions; number ye them every male from a month old and upwards.

16 And Moses and Aaron numbered them by the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded them.

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gedson, Caath, and Merari.

18 And these the names of the sons of Gedson according to their families; Lobeni and Semei:

19 and the sons of Caath according to their families; Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel: