Numbers 3:17

17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and 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 ) .

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Numbers 3:17 In-Context

15 "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number."
16 Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was commanded.
17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19 The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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