Exodus 2:1
Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
2 and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
3 But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
- KJV
- And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
- WEB
- A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
- ASV
- And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
- DARBY
- And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.
- BLB
- And a man from the house of Levi went, and he took a daughter of Levi.
- ÅB
- Så var det en mann av Levis hus som gikk bort og tok en Levis datter til ekte.
- OTB
- Nå gikk en mann fra Levis stamme og giftet seg med en levittisk kvinne.
- B1930
- Så var det en mann av Levis hus som gikk bort og tok en Levis datter til ekte.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextExodus 6:16–20
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:12–14
The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:1–3
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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