Numbers 26:57
55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59 And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- WEB
- These are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- ASV
- And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- DARBY
- And these are the numbered of the Levites, after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
- BLB
- And these [are] the numbered ones of the Levite by their clans: Of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonite; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathite; of Merari, the clan of the Merarite.
- ÅB
- Dette var de av levittene som ble mønstret, etter sine slekter: Fra Gerson gersonittenes slekt, fra Kahat kahatittenes slekt, fra Merari merarittenes slekt.
- OTB
- Dette var levittene som ble talt etter deres familier: fra Gersjon, gersjonittenes familie; fra Kehat, kehatittenes familie; fra Merari, merarittenes familie.
- B1930
- Dette var de av levittene som blev mønstret, efter sine ætter: Fra Gerson gersonittenes ætt, fra Kahat kahatittenes ætt, fra Merari merarittenes ætt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 46:11
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Read in contextExodus 6:16–19
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.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:1
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:16–30
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Read in contextNumbers 3:1–4
These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
Read in contextNumbers 35:2–3
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
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