The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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- KJV And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- BSB The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- NKJV The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- NASB And the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- NLT The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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- Gen 29:34She conceived again, and bore a son. Said, “Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore his name was called Levi.
- Num 3:17–22These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
- Num 4:1–49Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
- Num 8:1–26Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
- 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.
- Deut 33:8–11About Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.
- 1 Chr 6:1–3The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
- 1 Chr 22:1–19Then David said, “This is the house of Yahweh God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
- 1 Chr 2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
- 1 Chr 2:16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chr 2:11and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,
- 1 Chr 6:16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exod 6:16These 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 one hundred thirty-seven years.
- Gen 49:5–7“Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
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