KJV King James Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.
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Exodus 2:1
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
WEB World English Bible
A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
ASV American Standard Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,
Surrounding context — Exodus 2
1 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took [to wife] a daughter of Levi.
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he [was a] goodly [child], she hid him three months.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid [it] in the flags by the river’s brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
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Numbers 26:59And 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.1 Chronicles 23:12-14The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.Exodus 6:16-20And 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.1 Chronicles 6:1-3The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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