Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families. New Living Translation The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups. English Standard Version And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers’ houses. Berean Standard Bible And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families. King James Bible And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. New King James Version And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ houses. New American Standard Bible and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households. NASB 1995 and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households. NASB 1977 and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households. Legacy Standard Bible and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households. Amplified Bible and the [two] sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers’ households. Christian Standard Bible Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families. Holman Christian Standard Bible Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses. American Standard Version And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. Contemporary English Version And Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These were the sons and grandsons of Levi, and they had become the leaders of the Levite clans. English Revised Version And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. GOD'S WORD® Translation Mahli and Mushi were the sons of Merari. Their families were named after them. These were the households of Levite families. International Standard Version Merari's descendants according to their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the descendants of Levi according to their ancestral house. Majority Standard Bible And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families. NET Bible The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans. New Heart English Bible The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. Webster's Bible Translation And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers. World English Bible The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers. Young's Literal Translation And the sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers. Smith's Literal Translation And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli, and Mushi; these they of the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThe sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. New American Bible The sons of Merari, by their clans, were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their ancestral houses. New Revised Standard Version The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the sons of Merari by their families: Mahali and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the sons of Merari for their tribes: Makhli and Mushi; these are the families of Levi according to the house of their fathers. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. Brenton Septuagint Translation and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Registration of the Levites…19The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families. Cross References Exodus 6:16-19 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. ... 1 Chronicles 6:1-3 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. / The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. / The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 1 Chronicles 23:6-23 Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. / The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. / The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the first, Zetham, and Joel—three in all. ... 1 Chronicles 24:20-31 Now these were the rest of the descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. / As for Rehabiah, from his sons: The first was Isshiah. / From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. ... Exodus 28:1-4 “Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests. / Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor. / You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest. ... Leviticus 8:1-13 Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, / and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.” ... Hebrews 7:11-14 Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron? / For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well. / He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. ... Hebrews 9:1-10 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. / A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, ... 1 Chronicles 9:14-20 From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari; / Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; / Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. ... 1 Chronicles 15:4-10 Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: / From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives; / from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives; ... 1 Chronicles 26:20-28 Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things. / From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli, / the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD. ... 1 Chronicles 27:16-22 These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel: Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri; over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah; / over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok; / over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael; ... 2 Chronicles 29:12-14 Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites; / Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites; / Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites. Nehemiah 12:8-9 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving. / Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services. Nehemiah 12:22-26 In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded. / As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles. / The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God. ... Treasury of Scripture And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. Numbers 3:33 Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. Exodus 6:19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. 1 Chronicles 6:19,29,44-47 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers… Jump to Previous Clans Families Fathers House Households Houses Levites Mahli Merari Merar'i Merarite Mushi OrderJump to Next Clans Families Fathers House Households Houses Levites Mahli Merari Merar'i Merarite Mushi OrderNumbers 3 1. The sons of Aaron5. The Levites are given to the priests instead of the firstborn 14. Are numbered by their families 21. The families, number, and charge of the Gershonites 27. Of the Kohathites 33. Of the Merarites 38. The place and charge of Moses and Aaron 40. The firstborn are freed by the Levites 44. The balances are refunded And the sons of Merari by their clans The sons of Merari, one of the three main divisions of the Levites, were responsible for the care of the tabernacle's structural components, such as the frames, bars, pillars, and bases. This division highlights the organizational structure God established for the Levites, emphasizing the importance of order and responsibility in worship. The Levites were set apart for service to God, and each clan had specific duties, reflecting the principle of stewardship and service in the community of faith. were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families. Persons / Places / Events 1. MerariOne of the three sons of Levi, Merari is the patriarch of the Merarite clan. The Merarites were responsible for the care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment. 2. Mahli and Mushi The sons of Merari, who became the heads of their respective clans within the tribe of Levi. Their descendants were part of the Levitical priesthood, serving in the tabernacle and later in the temple. 3. Levites The tribe of Levi was set apart for religious duties and service to the tabernacle. They were not given a territorial inheritance like the other tribes of Israel but were instead given cities to dwell in. 4. Clans of the Levites The Levites were divided into three main clans: the Gershonites, the Kohathites, and the Merarites. Each clan had specific duties related to the tabernacle. 5. Tabernacle The portable dwelling place for the presence of God among the Israelites during their journey through the wilderness. It was a central place of worship and sacrifice. Teaching Points The Importance of Every Role in God's WorkThe Merarites, though not as prominent as the priests, had essential duties. Every role in the body of Christ is vital, and we should value and honor each person's contribution to the church. Faithfulness in Service The Merarites' responsibilities required diligence and faithfulness. In our own lives, we are called to be faithful in whatever tasks God has entrusted to us, no matter how small they may seem. Generational Faithfulness Mahli and Mushi continued the legacy of their father, Merari. This highlights the importance of passing down faith and service to the next generation, ensuring that God's work continues. Unity in Diversity The Levites, though divided into different clans with various duties, worked together for the common purpose of worship. Similarly, the church is made up of diverse members who must work in unity for the glory of God. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And the sonsוּבְנֵ֧י (ū·ḇə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Merari מְרָרִ֛י (mə·rā·rî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4847: Merari -- a son of Levi by their clans לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם (lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people were Mahli מַחְלִ֣י (maḥ·lî) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4249: Mahli -- a Levite, also a son of Mushi and Mushi. וּמוּשִׁ֑י (ū·mū·šî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4187: Mushi -- 'sensitive', a Levite These אֵ֥לֶּה (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural Strong's 428: These, those were הֵ֛ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They the clans מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת (miš·pə·ḥōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people of the Levites, הַלֵּוִ֖י (hal·lê·wî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi according to their families. אֲבֹתָֽם׃ (’ă·ḇō·ṯām) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father Links Numbers 3:20 NIVNumbers 3:20 NLT Numbers 3:20 ESV Numbers 3:20 NASB Numbers 3:20 KJV Numbers 3:20 BibleApps.com Numbers 3:20 Biblia Paralela Numbers 3:20 Chinese Bible Numbers 3:20 French Bible Numbers 3:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 3:20 The sons of Merari by their families: (Nu Num.) |
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