Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. New Living Translation The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. English Standard Version The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Berean Standard Bible The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. King James Bible The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. New King James Version The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. New American Standard Bible The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. NASB 1995 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. NASB 1977 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Legacy Standard Bible The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Amplified Bible The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. Christian Standard Bible Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. Holman Christian Standard Bible Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. American Standard Version The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Contemporary English Version Levi was the father of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. English Revised Version The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. GOD'S WORD® Translation Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Good News Translation Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. International Standard Version Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. Majority Standard Bible The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. NET Bible The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. New Heart English Bible The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Webster's Bible Translation The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. World English Bible The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Young's Literal Translation Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Smith's Literal Translation And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. New American Bible The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. New Revised Standard Version The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTHE sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The sons of Levi: Gershun and Qahath and Merari. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Brenton Septuagint Translation The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Descendants of Levi1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.… Cross References Exodus 6:16-20 These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years. / The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans. / The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. ... Numbers 3:17-20 These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. / These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei. / The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ... Genesis 46:11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Numbers 26:57-59 Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari. / These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram, / and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. Exodus 2:1-2 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, / and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months. Numbers 26:59 and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. Exodus 6:18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years. Numbers 3:1-4 This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. / These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, then Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. / These were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests. ... Numbers 18:1-7 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood. / But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony. / And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die. ... Hebrews 7:5 Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham. Acts 7:20-22 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house. / When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son. / So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action. Matthew 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Luke 3:33-34 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, / the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict. Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. Treasury of Scripture The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. A. 1 Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Genesis 46:11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Exodus 6:16 And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. Gershon. 1 Chronicles 6:16,20 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari… Gershom. Jump to Previous Gershom Gershon Kohath Levi Merari Merar'iJump to Next Gershom Gershon Kohath Levi Merari Merar'i1 Chronicles 6 1. The sons of Levi.4. The line of Eleazar unto the captivity. 16. The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 49. The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz. 54. The cities of the priests and Levites. The sons of Levi This phrase introduces the genealogy of the Levitical line, which is crucial for understanding the priestly and religious functions in Israel. Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah, is the patriarch of the tribe set apart for religious duties. The Hebrew root for Levi, "לֵוִי" (Levi), is associated with the idea of joining or being attached, reflecting the Levites' role in being attached to the service of God and the tabernacle. Historically, the Levites were not given a territorial inheritance like the other tribes but were instead distributed among the tribes of Israel to perform their sacred duties, emphasizing their unique role in maintaining the spiritual life of the nation. Gershon Kohath Merari (1-3) Aaron's descent from Levi. (1) The sons of Levi; Gershon . . .--So Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16, and uniformly in the Pentateuch. In 1Chronicles 6:16 we have the spelling Gershom, which perhaps indicates a difference of source. (2) The sons of Kohath.--The names are the same as in Exodus 6:18. K?hath, or K?hath, was the chief house of Levi. The name is put second in the series, perhaps for euphonic reasons. (Comp. "Sheni, Ham, and Japhet" with Genesis 9:24; Genesis 10:21.) . . . Verse 1. - This verse gives the three branches of Levi,and is in agreement with the enumeration of them in Genesis 46:11 and Exodus 6:16, viz. Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. We have not the third parallel passage in the place of mention of the other tribes (Numbers 1:47-54), but it is compensated for somewhat later (Numbers 3:14-20).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The sonsבְּנֵ֖י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Levi: לֵוִ֑י (lê·wî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3878: Levi -- a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him Gershom, גֵּרְשׁ֕וֹן (gê·rə·šō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1648: Gershon -- a son of Levi Kohath, קְהָ֖ת (qə·hāṯ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6955: Kohath -- a son of Levi and Merari. וּמְרָרִֽי׃ (ū·mə·rā·rî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4847: Merari -- a son of Levi Links 1 Chronicles 6:1 NIV1 Chronicles 6:1 NLT 1 Chronicles 6:1 ESV 1 Chronicles 6:1 NASB 1 Chronicles 6:1 KJV 1 Chronicles 6:1 BibleApps.com 1 Chronicles 6:1 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 6:1 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 6:1 French Bible 1 Chronicles 6:1 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon Kohath (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr) |