The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Parallel translations
- WEB The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- KJV And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- NKJV And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- NASB and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;
- NLT The clans descended from Kohath were named after four of his descendants, Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Quick answer
Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. These headed the Kohathite families, the line of Moses and Aaron.
Overview
The Kohathite branch is detailed, with Amram being the father of Moses and Aaron. This made the Kohathites the clan from which the priesthood itself sprang, giving them charge of the most holy objects. The genealogy quietly highlights the honored place of this family in God's redemptive purposes.
Cross-references & the web
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- Exod 6:18The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- 1 Chr 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
- 1 Chr 23:12–13The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.
- 1 Chr 25:4From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
- 1 Chr 6:38the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
- 1 Chr 26:1–32These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
- 1 Chr 15:5From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;
- Neh 12:1–26Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- Exod 6:20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- 1 Chr 23:18–20The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the first.
- 1 Chr 15:17–21So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
- 1 Chr 15:8–10from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;
- Num 3:27From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.
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