Numbers 3:17

17 These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Numbers 3:17 in Other Translations

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

17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.

17 Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These are the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

17 These were Levi's sons by name: 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 “Count the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”

16 So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the LORD.

17 These were the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.

19 The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 29:34; S Genesis 46:11; Numbers 1:47; 1 Chronicles 15:4; 1 Chronicles 23:6; 2 Chronicles 29:12
• 2. Joshua 21:6
• 3. Joshua 21:4
• 4. S Exodus 6:16