The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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(6-1) The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 6:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 6:16 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 one hundred thirty-seven years.
- 1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain This he repeats, as the foundation of the following…
This he repeats, as the foundation of the following genealogy of those Levites who were not priests.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The sons of Kohath, Amminadab,.... The same with Izhar,…
The sons of Kohath, Amminadab,.... The same with Izhar, Ch1 6:2 the posterity of his brethren, Amram, Hebron, and Uzziel, are omitted; and his genealogy is carried to a considerable length, for the sake of Samuel the prophet, who sprang from him: it stands thus, Korah, Assir, Elkanah, Ebiasaph, Assir, Tahath, Uriel, called Zephaniah, Ch1 6:36 Uzziah, the same with Azariah, Ch1 6:36. Shaul, whose name is Joel, Ch1 6:36 then through the sons of Elkanah, before mentioned, Amasai, Ahimoth, called Mahath, Ch1 6:35 another Elkanah, Zophai, or Zuph, Ch1 6:35. Nahath, the same with Toah, Ch1 6:34 and Tohu, Sa1 1:1, Eliab, called Eliel, Ch1 6:34, and Elihu, Sa1 1:1, Jeroham, another Elkanah, the father of Samuel the prophet, whose firstborn was Vashni, and whose name also was Joel, Ch1 6:33 and so here it is read in the Syriac and Arabic versions:
and his second son Abiah.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 6:16. The sons of Levi, Gershom, &c. —…
1Ch 6:16. The sons of Levi, Gershom, &c. — This he repeats as the foundation of the following genealogy of those Levites who were not priests.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A general account of the several branches of the…
A general account of the several branches of the tribe of Levi.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Gerson. Hebrew here reads Gersom, though it had Gerson…
Gerson. Hebrew here reads Gersom, though it had Gerson before, ver. 1.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see Ch1…
The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see Ch1 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16–30 (= 1Ch_6:1-15 according to the Heb. division). The…
16–30 (= 1Ch_6:1-15 according to the Heb. division). The three clans of the Levites. The Levitic Descent of Samuel the Prophet
16. Gershom] elsewhere Gershon. Gershom was the name of Moses’ son; Exo_2:22.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16-19) The three branches of Levi with their main…
(16-19) The three branches of Levi with their main subdivisions. Parallel passages, Exo_6:16-19; Num_3:17-20.
(16) Gershom.—See Note on 1Ch_6:1. In the Pentateuch, Gershom is son of Moses; Gershon, son of Levi.
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(19) And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.—The word’families” (Heb., mishpehuth) does not mean single households, but groups of households, or clans. The sentence concludes the short list of the great Levitical houses, just as at Exo_6:19. (See also Num_3:20, where a like formula appears to introduce what follows.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ver. 16-19. These verses have a re-enumeration of the…
Ver. 16-19. These verses have a re-enumeration of the three sons of Levi, and differ from the enumeration of ver. 1, in being followed by the sons of each of these three, and afterwards by the line of descendants from each, instead of by the sons of only one, Kohath, and his descendant in only one stem, the high priest stem, and with only one object. All these names agree with Exo_6:17-19 and Num_3:17-20 (comp. Num_3:21-36 with Num_26:57-60), with the trifling exceptions already alluded to, in the Hebrew spelling of Gershom and the Authorized Version spelling of Shimei and the Authorized Version Mahali of Exo_6:19. The latter half of ver. 19, according to the Hebrew, should rather refer to what has preceded, and be a "subscription," though it might best suit the connection to regard it as introducing what was to follow, and as being a "superscription." Bertheau holds with the former of these views, Keil with the latter.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Gershon ... Kohath ... Merari
Gershon ... Kohath ... Merari
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Libni ... Shimei
These are names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
Amram ... Izhar ... Hebron ... Uzziel
Translate the names of these men as in 1 Chronicles 6:2.
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Shimei
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:16-30 The second introduction of the Levites (6:16-19a) introduces…
6:16-30 The second introduction of the Levites (6:16-19a) introduces the heads of all the Levitical families (6:19b-30). The list contains the genealogies of Gershon (6:20-21), Kohath (6:22-24), and Merari (6:29-30).
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