1 Chronicles 6:1

Genealogy: The Priestly Line

1 ¹The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:1

The sons of Levi
After an account of the chief of the tribes of Judah and Simeon, of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, follows that of Levi, and his posterity; the kingdom being given to Judah, the birthright to Joseph, and the priesthood to Levi: the immediate sons of Levi were

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;
as in ( Genesis 46:11 ) ( Exodus 6:16 ) , from these sprung the three families of the Levites.

1 Chronicles 6:1 In-Context

1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

2 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

3 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4 Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas became the father of Abishua,

5 and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi,

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16-25

Footnotes

• [a] Ch 5:27 in Heb
• [b] In v 16, "Gershom"