Numbers 3:17

17 The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, 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 Enroll the Levites by ancestral houses and by clans. You shall enroll every male from a month old and upward.

16 So Moses enrolled them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

17 The following were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

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