Numbers 3:17

17 ¹These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and 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 "Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number."

16 So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD , just as he had been commanded.

17 These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei;

19 and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 6:16-22