Numbers 3:33

33 Of Merari [is] the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.

Numbers 3:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:33

Of Merari [were] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of
the Mushites
So called from his two sons Mahli and Mushi, ( Numbers 3:20 ) ;

these [are] the families of Merari;
the youngest son of Levi, ( Numbers 3:17 ) .

Numbers 3:33 In-Context

31 And their charge [is] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they serve, and the vail, and all its service.

32 And [to] the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, [is] the oversight of the keepers of the charge of the sanctuary.

33 Of Merari [is] the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.

34 And their numbered ones, in number, all the males from a son of a month and upward, [are] six thousand and two hundred.

35 And the prince of a father's house for the families of Merari [is] Zuriel son of Abihail; by the side of the tabernacle they encamp northward.