KJV King James Version
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
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Numbers 3:20
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
WEB World English Bible
The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
ASV American Standard Version
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
Surrounding context — Numbers 3
17 And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites.
22 Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.
23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבְנֵ֧יH1121 · benson: childמְרָרִ֛יH4847 · me.ra.riMerariלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyמַחְלִ֣יH4249 · mach.liMahliוּמוּשִׁ֑יH4187 · mu.shiMushiאֵ֥לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseהֵ֛םH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥תH4940 · mish.pa.chahfamilyהַלֵּוִ֖יH3881 · le.viy.yiLeviלְבֵ֥יתH1004 · betplaceאֲבֹתָֽם׃H1 · avfather
Cross-references
Exodus 6:19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these [are] the families of Levi according to their generations.1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites according to their fathers.Numbers 3:33Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.1 Chronicles 6:29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,1 Chronicles 23:21-23The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.1 Chronicles 6:44-47And their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,1 Chronicles 24:27-30The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.1 Chronicles 15:6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
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