Numbers 3:17

17 And the sons of Levi were found, 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 ) .

Numbers 3:17 In-Context

15 Number thou the sons of Levi by their fathers? houses, and by their families, each male from one month and above (every male one month of age and older).

16 [And] Moses numbered them, as the Lord commanded.

17 And the sons of Levi were found, by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari;

18 the sons of Gershon were Libni, and Shimei;

19 the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel;