Numbers 3:17

17 And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath 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 the houses of their fathers and their families, every male from one month and upward.

16 Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.

17 And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson and Caath Merari.

18 The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.

19 The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel: