Bamidbar 3:17

17 And these were the Bnei Levi by their shmot: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

Bamidbar 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 ) .

Bamidbar 3:17 In-Context

15 Count the Bnei Levi by the bais of their avot, by their mishpekhot; every zachar from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

16 And Moshe numbered them according to the command of Hashem, as he had been commanded.

17 And these were the Bnei Levi by their shmot: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

18 And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershon by their mishpekhot: Livni, and Shimei.

19 And the Bnei Kehat by their mishpekhot: Amram, Yitzhar, Chevron, and Uzziel.