The descendants of Merari included Mahli and Mushi. The following were the Levite clans, listed according to their ancestral descent:
Parallel translations
- WEB The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
- KJV The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
- BSB The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
- ESV The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers.
- NKJV The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers:
- NASB The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ households.
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Quick answer
Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi, completing the listing of the three main Levitical clans. The summary notes these are the Levite families by their fathers' houses.
Overview
With Gershom, Kohath, and Merari now each introduced, the Chronicler has laid out the full structure of the tribe. The Merarites were responsible for the frames, bars, and supports of the tabernacle (Numbers 3:36-37). The orderly division of labor shows that every form of service, even the structural and unglamorous, mattered in the worship of God.
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Cross-references · 5
- 1 Chr 23:21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
- 1 Chr 24:26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
- Exod 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
- Num 3:20The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
- Num 26:57–58These are those who were counted 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.
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