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Numbers 3:20
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The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.
Numbers 3:20 in Other Translations
KJV
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And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
ESV
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And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
NLT
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The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups.
MSG
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The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.
CSB
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Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.
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.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Numbers 3:20 In-Context
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These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.
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The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
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The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.
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To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans.
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The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.
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