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Numbers 3:17 KJV
Numbers · chapter 3 · verse 17
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.Numbers 3:17 · King James Version
Numbers 3:17 in context
15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- GershonGêrᵉshôwnGereshon or Gereshom, an IsraeliteH1648 →
- KohathQᵉhâthKehath, an IsraeliteH6955 →
- namesshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- LeviLêvîyLevi, a son of JacobH3878 →
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The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accordingly. Observe, I. By what rule they were numbered: Every male from a month old and upward, Num 3:15.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-39