The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
Parallel translations
- WEB the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- BSB the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- NKJV the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- NASB the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
- NLT Mahli, Mushi, Merari, and Levi.
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Quick answer
Ethan's ancestry reaches Mahli, Mushi, Merari, and Levi. His line is traced to the founding clan and patriarch.
Overview
By concluding with Merari and Levi, the Chronicler completes the lineage of the third chief singer. All three worship leaders are now shown to descend from Levi through his three sons, a deliberate display of the tribe's full participation in praise. This rounds out the portrait of an ordered, comprehensive ministry of worship in Israel.
Cross-references & the web
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- Num 3:33–36Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
- 1 Chr 23:28Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
- Num 3:20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
- Num 10:17And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.
- Josh 21:7The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
- Num 4:42And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
- 1 Chr 23:21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
- Num 7:8And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
- Exod 6:19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
- Josh 21:34–40And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
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