Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

  • KJV King James Version

    And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Exodus 6:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 10:4 Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Draw near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp.”
  • Numbers 3:30 The prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
  • Nehemiah 3:20 After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Explain this verse (5 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the…

And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife,.... This was Aaron's eldest son. The person, whose daughter he married, Dr. Lightfoot (m) conjectures was an Egyptian convert, perhaps of the posterity of Potipherah, among whom Joseph had sowed the seeds of true religion, and supposes that the Egyptians used the name of Puti or Poti, either in memorial of their uncle Put, Gen 10:6 or in reverence of some deity of that name; but the Targum of Jonathan makes Putiel to be the same with Jethro; and so does Jarchi; but Aben Ezra seems to be most right, who takes him to be of the children of Israel, though the reason of his name is not known, and the daughter of such an one it is most likely a son of Aaron would marry:

and she bore him Phinehas; of whom see Num 25:11,

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these are the heads of the Levites, according to their families; from whence the Levites sprung, and their several families. It may be observed, that Moses says nothing of his own offspring, only of his brother Aaron's, partly out of modesty and humility, and partly because the priesthood was successive in the family of Aaron, but not the civil government in the family of Moses; and that he proceeds no further to give the genealogy of the remaining tribes, his chief view being to show the descent of Aaron and himself, that it might be with certainty known in after times who they were that were instruments of Israel's deliverance out of Egypt, which would be matter of inquiry, and very desirable to be known.

(m) Works, vol. 1. p. 704, 705.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. Uzziel] He is called Aaron's uncle, Le…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. The family of Kohath’s fourth son, Uzziel. The…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The sons of Uzziel. Mishael and Elzaphan are again…

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