1 Chronicles 6:16

16 The sons of Levi: Gershon,^[a] Kohath and Merari.

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1 Chronicles 6:16 in Other Translations

KJV

16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

ESV

16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

NLT

16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

MSG

16 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

CSB

16 Levi's sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 6:16

The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
] Which is repeated from ( 1 Chronicles 6:1 ) for the sake of their posterity, whose names are given in the three following verses, in the same manner as in ( Exodus 6:17-19 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Chronicles 6:16 In-Context

14 Azariah the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.

15 Jozadak was deported when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

17 These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.

18 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

Cross References 2

1. S Genesis 29:34; Exodus 6:16; S Numbers 3:17-20
2. S Numbers 26:57

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew "Gershom," a variant of "Gershon" ; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71