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Numbers 26:58 KJV
Numbers · chapter 26 · verse 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.Numbers 26:58 · King James Version
Numbers 26:58 in context
56According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
57And 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.
58These 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.
59And 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.
60And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HebronitesChebrôwnîyChebronite , an inhabitant of ChebronH2276 →
- KorathitesQorchîya Korchite or descendants of KorachH7145 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- LibnitesLibnîya Libnite or descendants of LibniH3846 →
- MahlitesMachlîya Machlite or descendants of MachliH4250 →
- MushitesMûwshîya Mushite or descendants of MushiH4188 →
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Levi was God's tribe, a tribe that was to have no inheritance with the rest in the land of Canaan, and therefore was not numbered with the rest, but by itself;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 57-62