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Levi's sons:
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Levi [Israel's third son] were, in order of age:
Gershon [his sons are listed in ],
Kehat [his sons are listed in ], and
Merari [his sons are listed in ].
Levi lived to be 137 years old.
[Jacob had twelve sons, but since this genealogy is about Moses and Aaron, it is sufficient to include the sons up to Jacob's third son, Levi.]
The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These were the Levitical families in order of age.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names:
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And the sons of Merari by their families:
Machli and Moshi. These are the families of Levi according to their fathers' houses.
To Merari belong the families of Machli and Moshi. These are the families of the Merarites.
The leader of the house of their fathers among the Merarites is Zohar, the son of Avihail. They shall camp beside the tabernacle on the north side.
The sons of Merari [a total of 6,000 men who were stationed on the north side of the tabernacle] were assigned to be responsible for the boards of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases, and all its equipment, and everything belonging to it for carrying out its service,
[The Lord continues to speak to Moses:] "As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, by their fathers' houses.
This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari in the tent of meeting, and their responsibility shall be under the authority of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest."
And these were those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, according to their families and their fathers' houses.
These are those who were counted of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the commandment of the Lord (Yahweh) by the hand of Moses.
And he gave four carts and eight oxen to the sons of Merari according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. [Ithamar was the youngest of Aaron's four sons, see . The Merarites were also descendants of Levi, their duties are described in and in even greater detail in .]
And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out.
And these are those who are counted among the Levites according to their families:
Of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites,
of Kehat, the family of the Kehathites,
of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
The sons of Merari, according to their families, received from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with the open land around it, Karta with the open land around it,
All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, from the rest of the families of Levi, and their lot was 12 cities.
[Chapter 6 with Levi is the central section of chapters 1-9.]
Levi's sons were Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.
The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levitical families, listed according to their ancestors:
The descendants of Merari: Mahli, whose son was Libni, whose son was Shimei, whose son was Uzza,
The descendants of Merari, who were also singers, stood on the left side: Eitan, son of Kishi, son of Avdi, son of Malluk,
son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
The descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun, by lot, family by family.
The rest of Merari's descendants received from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmon with pasturelands and Tabor with pasturelands.
Of the Levites: Shemaiah, son of Hashub, son of Asrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the children of Merari,
of the sons of Merari:
Asaiah, their leader, and his brothers—220,
The Levites then appointed Heman, the son of Joel, and from among his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, and from among their brothers, the children of Merari, Eitan, the son of Kushaiah,
David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The sons of Merari were: Mahli and Mushi.
The sons of Mahli were:
Elazar and Kish.
The sons of Merari were: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah was Benaiah.
The sons of Merari were these:
of Jaaziah, Benaiah, and also Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
Hos, one of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri was the chief. He was not the firstborn, but his father made him the chief.
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the children of Korah and the children of Merari.
Then the Levites arose:
Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah
of the family of the Kohathites,
of the family of Merari
Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel,
of the Gershonites
Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joash,
The men performed their work with diligence. Their supervisors and foremen were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the family of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam of the family of the Kohathites. All these Levites were skilled musicians.
And Chashavja and with him Jeshajah [not the prophet Isaiah] from the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons [in total]: 20.
