Numbers 3:20

20 The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.

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 Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.

19 The sons of Kohath by clan: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

20 The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.

21 Gershon was ancestor to the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites, known as the Gershonite clans.

22 All the males who were one month and older numbered 7,500.