
Text -- Exodus 6:14-27 (NET)




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Wesley: Exo 6:14 - -- giver of the house of Israel, and whose genealogy also like this was to be carefully preserved. The heads of the houses of three of the tribes are her...
giver of the house of Israel, and whose genealogy also like this was to be carefully preserved. The heads of the houses of three of the tribes are here named, agreeing with the accounts we had, Gen. 46:8-27. Reuben and Simeon seem to be mentioned only for the sake of Levi, from whom Moses and Aaron descended, and all the priests of the Jewish church.

Wesley: Exo 6:16 - -- The age of Levi, Kohath, and Amram, the father, grandfather, and great grandfather of Moses is here recorded; and they all lived to a great age, Levi ...
The age of Levi, Kohath, and Amram, the father, grandfather, and great grandfather of Moses is here recorded; and they all lived to a great age, Levi to one hundred thirty seven, Kohath to one hundred thirty three, and Amram to one hundred thirty seven: Moses himself came much short of them, and fixed seventy or eighty for the ordinary stretch of human life. Psa 90:10. For now Israel was multiplied, and become a great nation, and divine revelation was by the hand of Moses committed to writing, and no longer trusted to tradition; the two great reasons for the long lives of the patriarchs were ceased, and therefore from henceforward fewer years must serve men.

That is, kins - woman. So the Hebrew word is frequently used.

Wesley: Exo 6:23 - -- A prince of the tribe of Judah. The Levites might marry into any tribe, there being no danger of confusion or loss of inheritance thereby.
A prince of the tribe of Judah. The Levites might marry into any tribe, there being no danger of confusion or loss of inheritance thereby.

Wesley: Exo 6:26 - -- Like numerous armies, in military order, and with great power. In the close of the chapter, he returns to his narrative, from which he had broken off ...
JFB: Exo 6:14-15 - -- Chiefs or governors of their houses. The insertion of this genealogical table in this part of the narrative was intended to authenticate the descent o...
Chiefs or governors of their houses. The insertion of this genealogical table in this part of the narrative was intended to authenticate the descent of Moses and Aaron. Both of them were commissioned to act so important a part in the events transacted in the court of Egypt and afterwards elevated to so high offices in the government and Church of God, that it was of the utmost importance that their lineage should be accurately traced. Reuben and Simeon being the oldest of Jacob's sons, a passing notice is taken of them, and then the historian advances to the enumeration of the principal persons in the house of Levi [Exo 6:16-19].

The Septuagint and Syriac versions render it "his cousin."

JFB: Exo 6:23 - -- That is, Elizabethan. These minute particulars recorded of the family of Aaron, while he has passed over his own, indicate the real modesty of Moses. ...
That is, Elizabethan. These minute particulars recorded of the family of Aaron, while he has passed over his own, indicate the real modesty of Moses. An ambitious man or an impostor would have acted in a different manner.
Clarke: Exo 6:14 - -- These be the heads - ר×שי rashey , the chiefs or captains. The following genealogy was simply intended to show that Moses and Aaron came in a d...
These be the heads -

Clarke: Exo 6:16 - -- The years of the life of Levi - "Bishop Patrick observes that Levi is thought to have lived the longest of all Jacob’ s sons, none of whose age...
The years of the life of Levi - "Bishop Patrick observes that Levi is thought to have lived the longest of all Jacob’ s sons, none of whose ages are recorded in Scripture but his and Joseph’ s, whom Levi survived twenty-seven years, though he was much the elder brother. By the common computation this would be twenty-three years: by Kennicott’ s computation at the end of Genesis 31. (See Clarke’ s note at Gen 31:55) Levi’ s birth is placed twenty-four years before that of Joseph; his death, therefore, would be only three years later. But this is not the only difficulty in ancient chronologies. Kohath, the second son of Levi, according to Archbishop Usher was thirty years old when Jacob came into Egypt, and lived there one hundred and three years. He attained to nearly the same age with Levi, to one hundred and thirty-three years; and his son Amram, the father of Moses, lived to the same age with Levi. We may observe here how the Divine promise, Gen 15:16, of delivering the Israelites out of Egypt in the fourth generation was verified; for Moses was the son of Amram, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Jacob."- Dodd.

Clarke: Exo 6:20 - -- His father’ s sister - דדתו dodatho . The true meaning of this word is uncertain. Parkhurst observes that דוד dod signifies an uncl...
His father’ s sister -

Clarke: Exo 6:20 - -- Bare him Aaron and Moses - The Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and one Hebrew MS. add, And Miriam their sister. Some of the best critics suppose thes...
Bare him Aaron and Moses - The Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, and one Hebrew MS. add, And Miriam their sister. Some of the best critics suppose these words to have been originally in the Hebrew text.

Clarke: Exo 6:21 - -- Korah - Though he became a rebel against God and Moses, (see Num 16:1, etc)., yet Moses, in his great impartiality, inserts his name among those of ...
Korah - Though he became a rebel against God and Moses, (see Num 16:1, etc)., yet Moses, in his great impartiality, inserts his name among those of his other progenitors.

Clarke: Exo 6:23 - -- Elisheba - The oath of the Lord. It is the same name as Elizabeth, so very common among Christians. She was of the royal tribe of Judah, and was sis...
Elisheba - The oath of the Lord. It is the same name as Elizabeth, so very common among Christians. She was of the royal tribe of Judah, and was sister to Nahshon, one of the princes; see Num 2:3

Clarke: Exo 6:23 - -- Eleazar - He succeeded to the high priesthood on the death of his father Aaron, Num 20:25, etc.
Eleazar - He succeeded to the high priesthood on the death of his father Aaron, Num 20:25, etc.

Clarke: Exo 6:25 - -- Phinehas - Of the celebrated act of this person, and the most honorable grant made to him and his posterity, see Num 25:7-13.
Phinehas - Of the celebrated act of this person, and the most honorable grant made to him and his posterity, see Num 25:7-13.

Clarke: Exo 6:26 - -- According to their armies - צב××ª× tsibotham , their battalions - regularly arranged troops. As God had these particularly under his care and d...
According to their armies -
Calvin: Exo 6:14 - -- 14.These be the heads The object of Moses here is to testify to all ages the origin of his race, that none may doubt that, in the free departure of t...
14.These be the heads The object of Moses here is to testify to all ages the origin of his race, that none may doubt that, in the free departure of the people, the promise given to Abraham was completed. For if the Israelites had gone forth under any other leader, there might have been some question as to the chief author of it; now, since Moses was chosen from that family, and from the posterity of Abraham, it more dearly appears that the whole matter was effected under the guidance of God. But although he enumerates not only the tribe of Levi, but begins with Reuben the first-born, and then subjoins Simeon, still it is easily seen that he especially refers to the tribe of Levi; yet, because the families of Reuben and Simeon came first in order, he fitly proceeds from them to the third. He does not, however, recount the others at present, because a more favorable opportunity would occur hereafter. This, then, is the point to be observed, that the minister of their deliverance, by whose hand God would ratify the truth of His promise, was chosen from the race of Abraham. And certainly we see how Satan in opposition has obscured, through profane writers, this memorable history with many fables, and especially when he cunningly endeavors to bury the race of Abraham. Moses, by divine wisdom, anticipates this subtlety, mentioning the heads of the families by name, lest there should be any obscurity about the origin of the nation.

Calvin: Exo 6:16 - -- 16.And these are the names of the sons of Levi Because it was especially desirable to know the origin of Moses and Aaron, he refers to it at greater ...
16.And these are the names of the sons of Levi Because it was especially desirable to know the origin of Moses and Aaron, he refers to it at greater length, and more distinctly enmnerates the families which descended from the patriarch Levi; not to attribute any peculiar dignity to his own race, but to make it appear more dearly that the people was not brought out by any stranger, but that he, who was to be the witness among his brethren of the power, and grace, and truth of God, was divinely chosen from the genuine stock of Abraham. And certainly it was right that this incomparable blessing of God, if any, should not only be celebrated, but also proved, in order that its certainty might be preserved, as well as its memory, in all ages. But how remote from any ambitious feeling was the design of Moses in this narrative, we may gather from a single part of it, where he says that he was the offspring of his father’s aunt; 76 for although the law had not yet forbidden illicit marriages, yet did nature itself dictate, that it was improper for a nephew to have connection with his aunt, who stands in the degree of his mother. When, therefore, Moses does not hesitate to confess that he sprang from an incestuous marriage, he does not only fail to consult his own reputation, but ingenuously proclaims the disgrace of his parents, for the sake of illustrating solely the glory of God. Nor was ignorance excusable, although the law was as yet unwritten, in neglecting the distinction between right and wrong, by the violation of natural modesty. But because men are too apt to indulge in such licentiousness, it was necessary to prohibit in express terms these vile affections, which have almost always immoderately and extensively prevailed amongst Orientals. Meanwhile, we may learn that the imitation of the patriarchs is not safe, when we think that we may indiscriminately adopt whatever they did. That in their long lives, Levi, Kohath, and Amram begat so few children, viz., the first, three; the second, four; the third, two; did not occur without the design on the part of God, that, in the incredible fecundity which afterwards ensued, the miracle of His grace might appear more clearly; for who would have thought that it could happen that, in less than 200 years, so immense a multitude could spring from so few persons? Nor did it happen by human provision; but after God, according to His wont, had seemed to mock them in their humble and contemptible beginnings, His power was more brightly manifested by their sudden and unusual multiplication. I pass over some points which seem to be of little or no importance.

Calvin: Exo 6:26 - -- 26.These are that Aaron and Moses It is not without a cause that Moses so often reasserts that their office was assigned to himself and his brother b...
26.These are that Aaron and Moses It is not without a cause that Moses so often reasserts that their office was assigned to himself and his brother by the command of God, both that the Israelites may perceive that they were rescued from their deep abyss by divine grace, and that their minds may be recalled to God’s ancient covenant, and may acknowledge that their Fathers’ hope was not in vain; and, finally, that they may hereafter altogether devote themselves to God. There seems, also, to be an indirect antithesis between the armies of the people and two vile and abject men. For they would have been far from being able to bear so weighty a burden, unless God had exceeded all their hopes in working miraculously by their hands. Therefore the Spirit magnifies elsewhere this grace, that God
“led his people, like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.†(Psa 77:20)
For what could be less probable than that a great multitude, which would make up many nations, should obey the commands of two men, should be ruled by their counsel, and gathered into one place by their exertions, in order that they should migrate into another land against the will of a very powerful king? For what was their united authority to command twelve armies, separated in their several battalions? What no earthly kings, with all their power and wisdom, their terror and their threats, could effect, God performed by means of two unwarlike men, neither experienced nor renowned; when Moses himself, alarmed by the magnitude of the work, often deprecated the commission entrusted to him. For, at the end of this chapter, he again repeats his excuse, that he was not eloquent, but of hesitating and embarrassed speech. This, then, is the point to which all tends, viz., to assign to God the praise of His loving-kindness, and to heighten His glory. There is some ambiguity in verse 28, for it might be read separately with this sense, that “God not only spoke in the wilderness of Midian, to set Moses over the people in their deliverance, but also in Egypt after some time had elapsed;†thus “on the day,†would mean, “after some time,†but it seems better to me to read the three verses in connection with each other.
Defender -> Exo 6:17
Defender: Exo 6:17 - -- In Exo 6:16-19 the genealogy from Levi to Moses through Kohath and Amram is abbreviated to just four generations although the stay in Egypt is said to...
In Exo 6:16-19 the genealogy from Levi to Moses through Kohath and Amram is abbreviated to just four generations although the stay in Egypt is said to be 430 years (Exo 12:40-41). However, this same approximate time period from Ephraim (a son of Joseph) to Joshua also involved ten generations (1Ch 7:22-27). It is thus obvious that the Levi-to-Moses genealogy gave only the four "major" ancestors of Moses, corresponding roughly to the 430-year stay of Israel in Egypt. See also the notes on Gen 15:16."
TSK: Exo 6:14 - -- the heads : Exo 6:25; Jos 14:1, Jos 19:51; 1Ch 5:24, 1Ch 7:2, 1Ch 7:7, 1Ch 8:6
The sons : Gen 46:9, Gen 49:3, Gen 49:4; Num 26:5, Num 26:6; 1Ch 5:3
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TSK: Exo 6:16 - -- sons : Gen 46:11; Num 3:17; 1Ch 6:1, 1Ch 6:16
Kohath : Num 26:57; 1Ch 23:6
an hundred : Exo 6:18, Exo 6:20; Gen 35:28, Gen 47:28, Gen 50:26



TSK: Exo 6:20 - -- Amram : Exo 2:1, Exo 2:2; Num 26:59
and the years : The Samaritan, LXX, Syriac, and one Hebrew manuscript add, ""And Miriam their sister;""which some ...


TSK: Exo 6:23 - -- Elisheba : Luk 1:5
Amminadab : Num 1:7, Num 2:3; Rth 4:19, Rth 4:20; 1Ch 2:10; Mat 1:4
Nadab : Exo 24:1, Exo 24:9; Lev 10:1, Lev 10:2; Num 3:2-4, Num ...

TSK: Exo 6:24 - -- Korah : Exo 6:21; Num 16:1, Num 16:32, Num 26:9-11; 1Ch 6:22, 1Ch 6:33, 1Ch 6:37, 1Ch 6:38; Psa 84:1-12; Psa 85:1 *titles
Elkanah : 1Sa 1:1; 1Ch 6:23,...

TSK: Exo 6:25 - -- Phinehas : Num 25:7-13, Num 31:6; Jos 22:13, Jos 22:31, Jos 22:32, Jos 24:33; Jdg 20:28; Psa 106:30, Psa 106:31
the heads : Exo 6:14
Phinehas : Num 25:7-13, Num 31:6; Jos 22:13, Jos 22:31, Jos 22:32, Jos 24:33; Jdg 20:28; Psa 106:30, Psa 106:31
the heads : Exo 6:14

TSK: Exo 6:26 - -- That Aaron : Exo 6:13, Exo 6:20; Jos 24:5; 1Sa 12:6, 1Sa 12:8; 1Ch 6:3; Psa 77:20, Psa 99:6; Mic 6:4
Bring : Exo 6:7, Exo 3:10, Exo 3:11, Exo 20:2, Ex...

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Barnes: Exo 6:14 - -- These be the heads - We have in the following verses, not a complete genealogy, but a summary account of the family of the two brothers. Moses ...
These be the heads - We have in the following verses, not a complete genealogy, but a summary account of the family of the two brothers. Moses records for the satisfaction of Hebrew readers, to whom genealogical questions were always interesting, the descent and position of the designated leaders of the nation. See Exo 6:26-27.

Barnes: Exo 6:20 - -- Amram - This can scarcely be the same person who is mentioned in Exo 6:18; but his descendant and representative in the generation immediately ...
Amram - This can scarcely be the same person who is mentioned in Exo 6:18; but his descendant and representative in the generation immediately preceding that of Moses. The intervening links are omitted, as is the rule where they are not needed for some special purpose, and do not bear upon the history.
Jochebed - The name means "the glory of Jehovah (Yahweh),"one clear instance of the use of the sacred name before the Exodus.
Father’ s sister - This was within the prohibited degrees after the law was given Lev 18:12 but not previously.

Barnes: Exo 6:26-27 - -- This emphatic repetition shows the reason for inserting the genealogy. The names of Moses and Aaron are given twice and in a different order; used i...
Poole: Exo 6:14 - -- This genealogy he describes here, to show the lineage of Moses and Aaron, by. whom this great work was to be effected. Only he promiseth in brief th...
This genealogy he describes here, to show the lineage of Moses and Aaron, by. whom this great work was to be effected. Only he promiseth in brief the genealogy of his two elder brethren. Reuben and Simeon, to make way for the third, which he intended more largely to insist upon. And he mentions them rather than any other, either to advance the favour of God in preferring that tribe before the descendants of their elder brethren; or to show that, although the parents were sharply censured, and rather cursed than blessed by Jacob, Ge 49 , yet their posterity was not rejected by God, but received to mercy, and admitted to the same privilege with their brethren.

Poole: Exo 6:16 - -- 1619 From each of which proceeded a distinct generation or family called by their father’ s name.
1619 From each of which proceeded a distinct generation or family called by their father’ s name.

Poole: Exo 6:20 - -- His father’ s sister or rather, kinswoman , or cousin , or niece ; for so this Hebrew word is sometimes used, as appears from Jer 32:8,9,12 ....
His father’ s sister or rather, kinswoman , or cousin , or niece ; for so this Hebrew word is sometimes used, as appears from Jer 32:8,9,12 .
Object. She is called the daughter of Levi , Exo 2:1 .
Answ Even nieces are oft called daughters , as we have showed. See Luk 1:5 , and See Poole "Exo 2:1" .

Poole: Exo 6:23 - -- Amminadab a prince of the tribe of Judah, Num 1:7 Num 2:3 . Marriages were not yet confined to their own tribes; and when they were, the Levites seem...
Amminadab a prince of the tribe of Judah, Num 1:7 Num 2:3 . Marriages were not yet confined to their own tribes; and when they were, the Levites seem to have had this privilege, that they might marry a daughter of any other tribe, because indeed the reason of that law did not concern them, there being no danger of confusion or loss of inheritance on their part. And especially there were many marriages made between the tribes of Judah and Levi, to signify that both were united in Christ, who was to be both king and priest. It is observable, that Moses is here silent in his own progeny, but gives a particular account of his brother’ s, not only from his great humility and modesty, which shines forth in many other passages, but because it was of more concernment; and the honour of priesthood given to Aaron was to be hereditary, and peculiar to his seed, and therefore it was necessary they should be exactly known; whereas Moses’ s honour and government was only personal, and did not pass to his children.

Poole: Exo 6:26 - -- i.e. According to their numerous families, which were equal to great armies, and which went out of Egypt like several armies in military order, and ...
i.e. According to their numerous families, which were equal to great armies, and which went out of Egypt like several armies in military order, and with great power. See Exo 12:41,51 13:18 14:8 .
Haydock: Exo 6:14 - -- These. From this place to ver. 26, is written in a kind of parentheses: the remainder of the chapter is a recapitulation of what had been said. (Ca...
These. From this place to ver. 26, is written in a kind of parentheses: the remainder of the chapter is a recapitulation of what had been said. (Calmet) ---
Moses intends to give his own genealogy, and the state of affairs when he began to afflict Egypt. (Haydock) ---
He mentions three tribes, which Jacob had rebuked, lest any one might think they had forfeited their title to some distinctive tribes. (Menochius)

Levi died the last of his brethren, and Joseph the first. (Worthington)

Haydock: Exo 6:20 - -- Aunt: Hebrew Doda is applied to various degrees of kindred. The Chaldean says, Jochabed was daughter of Amram's sister, the Septuagint assert of...
Aunt: Hebrew Doda is applied to various degrees of kindred. The Chaldean says, Jochabed was daughter of Amram's sister, the Septuagint assert of his brother, and consequently his own cousin. But she might be his aunt, chap. ii. 1. (Calmet)

Haydock: Exo 6:23 - -- Nahason, prince of the tribe of Juda, Numbers i. 7. Observe the modesty of Moses, who passes over his own family almost in silence. (Menochius)
Nahason, prince of the tribe of Juda, Numbers i. 7. Observe the modesty of Moses, who passes over his own family almost in silence. (Menochius)

Haydock: Exo 6:26 - -- Aaron is sometimes placed first, as the elder; sometimes last, as inferior in dignity, ver. 27. ---
Companies, or bands, in order of battle, chap. ...
Aaron is sometimes placed first, as the elder; sometimes last, as inferior in dignity, ver. 27. ---
Companies, or bands, in order of battle, chap. xiii. 18. (Calmet)
Gill: Exo 6:14 - -- These be the heads of their father's houses,.... Not of the families of Moses and Aaron, but of the children of Israel, though only the heads of three...
These be the heads of their father's houses,.... Not of the families of Moses and Aaron, but of the children of Israel, though only the heads of three tribes are mentioned; and some think that these three are taken notice of, to show that they were not rejected of God, though they seem to be rather cursed than blessed by Jacob; and that though they were guilty of very great crimes, as Reuben of incest, and Simeon and Levi of murder, yet they truly repented, and obtained mercy of God, and were honoured in their offspring, of whom an account is here given; but the two first seem to be taken notice of for the sake of the third, and that order might be observed, and that it might plainly appear that the deliverers of Israel were Israelites:
the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; whose names, and the order in which they are put, are the same as in Gen 46:9 these be the families of Reuben; the heads of them, or from whence they sprung.

Gill: Exo 6:15 - -- And the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman,.... See Gill on Gen 46:10.
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And the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman,.... See Gill on Gen 46:10.
these are the families of Simeon; who gave rise and name to the several families of that tribe now in Egypt.

Gill: Exo 6:16 - -- And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations,.... Whose sons, according to the order of their birth, were as follow:
...
And these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their generations,.... Whose sons, according to the order of their birth, were as follow:
Gershom, and Kohath, and Merari; see Gen 46:11,
and the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty seven years; and exactly the same number of years is assigned him by Polyhistor from Demetrius c, an Heathen writer. Jarchi says, that the reason why, the years of the life of Levi are reckoned is to show how long the bondage lasted; for there was no servitude as long as any of the tribes (or of the sons of Jacob) remained, according to Exo 1:6 and the Jewish chronologers d affirm that Levi was the last of the patriarchs that died; and that he died in the year of the world 3332, and lived in Egypt ninety four years; and from his time, to the going out of Egypt, were only one hundred and sixteen years; and they further say the bondage could not last longer than one hundred and sixteen years, nor shorter than eighty seven. Bishop Usher e places his death in A. M. 2385, and before Christ 1619: according to the Targum of Jonathan, he lived to see Moses and Aaron the deliverers of Israel; but that is false, since Joseph and all his brethren died before Moses was born, Exo 1:6.

Gill: Exo 6:17 - -- And the sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. He had only two sons, from whom came the families of the Libnites and Shimites...
And the sons of Gershom, Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. He had only two sons, from whom came the families of the Libnites and Shimites; see Num 3:21.

Gill: Exo 6:18 - -- And the sons of Kohath, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel,.... So they are reckoned in 1Ch 6:18 though only the family of the Hebronites are me...
And the sons of Kohath, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel,.... So they are reckoned in 1Ch 6:18 though only the family of the Hebronites are mentioned in Num 26:58.
and the years of the life of Kohath were one hundred and thirty three years. A Jewish chronologer says f he died one hundred years before the going out of Egypt: just the same number of years is ascribed to him by Polyhistor from Demetrius, an Heathen historian g.

Gill: Exo 6:19 - -- And the sons of Merari, Mahali, and Mushi,.... From whence sprung the families of the Mahalites, and Mushites, Num 3:33,
these are the families of ...
And the sons of Merari, Mahali, and Mushi,.... From whence sprung the families of the Mahalites, and Mushites, Num 3:33,
these are the families of Levi, according to their generations: the families that descended from him and his sons, according to the order of their birth.

Gill: Exo 6:20 - -- And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife,.... This Amram was the first son of Kohath, and the father of Moses, as after related, and so...
And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife,.... This Amram was the first son of Kohath, and the father of Moses, as after related, and so must be the same with the man of the house of Levi, and his wife the daughter of Levi, as in Exo 2:1 and though such a marriage was afterwards prohibited, Moses does not conceal it, though it may seem to reflect some dishonour on him and his family; he writing not for his own glory, but for the sake of truth, and the good of mankind, and especially the church and people of God. Indeed the Vulgate Latin version, and the Septuagint, Samaritan, and Syriac versions, make her to be his first cousin, the daughter of his father's brother, his uncle's daughter: and so does Polyhistor from Demetrius h; but in Num 26:59, she is expressly said to be a daughter of Levi, born to him in Egypt, and therefore must be his father's sister:
and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and Miriam also, though not mentioned, it being for the sake of these two that the genealogy is made:
and the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty seven years: just the age of his grandfather Levi, Exo 6:16. A Jewish chronologer i says he died in the thirtieth year of Moses: but the Arabic writers k say in the fifty sixth or fifty seventh, and at the end of A. M. 3810. Polyhistor l from Demetrius makes his age to be one hundred and thirty six, and him to be the father of Moses and Aaron, and Aaron to be three years older than Moses, exactly according to the Scripture account.

Gill: Exo 6:21 - -- And the sons of Izhar, Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. These seem to be mentioned for the sake of Korah, concerning whom is a remarkable history in the...
And the sons of Izhar, Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. These seem to be mentioned for the sake of Korah, concerning whom is a remarkable history in the following book; for the other two are nowhere else spoken of.

Gill: Exo 6:22 - -- And the sons of Uzziel, Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zichri. The two first of these were the men that were ordered by Moses to carry out of the camp the...
And the sons of Uzziel, Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zichri. The two first of these were the men that were ordered by Moses to carry out of the camp the two sons of Aaron, who were killed by lightning for offering strange fire, Lev 10:4.

Gill: Exo 6:23 - -- And Aaron took him Elisheba,.... The same name we pronounce Elizabeth; and of this name was the wife of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, Luk...
And Aaron took him Elisheba,.... The same name we pronounce Elizabeth; and of this name was the wife of Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, Luk 1:5, this woman Aaron took was
the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Naashon; a prince of the tribe of Judah, Num 7:12, her he took to wife; or married; for though intermarriages with the several tribes were not allowed, nor used in after times, that they might be kept distinct, and the inheritances also, yet the tribe of Levi often took wives of other tribes, because they had no inheritance, and were to have none in the land of Canaan, so that confusion in tribes and inheritance was not made hereby; and it is observable, that these marriages were frequently with the tribe of Judah, as signifying the union of the kingly and priestly offices in Christ, who sprung from the tribe of Judah:
and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar; the two first of these died by fire from heaven in their father's lifetime, for offering strange fire to the Lord, Lev 10:1. Eleazar succeeded his father in the priesthood, Num 20:26 and of the sons of Ithamar executing the priest's office, see 1Ch 24:2.

Gill: Exo 6:24 - -- And the sons of Korah,.... The eldest son of Izhar, who, though he proved a bad man, yet many of his posterity were good men, and are often mentioned ...
And the sons of Korah,.... The eldest son of Izhar, who, though he proved a bad man, yet many of his posterity were good men, and are often mentioned in general in the titles of some of the psalms of David: the immediate sons of Korah were
Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. Aben Ezra says, that Samuel the prophet was of the sons of Korah; perhaps what might lead him to it was, because his father's name was Elkanah, the name of one of these sons of Korah, but cannot be this Elkanah:
these are the families of the Korhites; the heads of them, or from whom they descended.

Gill: Exo 6:25 - -- And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife,.... This was Aaron's eldest son. The person, whose daughter he married, Dr. L...
And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife,.... This was Aaron's eldest son. The person, whose daughter he married, Dr. Lightfoot m conjectures was an Egyptian convert, perhaps of the posterity of Potipherah, among whom Joseph had sowed the seeds of true religion, and supposes that the Egyptians used the name of Puti or Poti, either in memorial of their uncle Put, Gen 10:6 or in reverence of some deity of that name; but the Targum of Jonathan makes Putiel to be the same with Jethro; and so does Jarchi; but Aben Ezra seems to be most right, who takes him to be of the children of Israel, though the reason of his name is not known, and the daughter of such an one it is most likely a son of Aaron would marry:
and she bore him Phinehas; of whom see Num 25:11,
these are the heads of the Levites, according to their families; from whence the Levites sprung, and their several families. It may be observed, that Moses says nothing of his own offspring, only of his brother Aaron's, partly out of modesty and humility, and partly because the priesthood was successive in the family of Aaron, but not the civil government in the family of Moses; and that he proceeds no further to give the genealogy of the remaining tribes, his chief view being to show the descent of Aaron and himself, that it might be with certainty known in after times who they were that were instruments of Israel's deliverance out of Egypt, which would be matter of inquiry, and very desirable to be known.

Gill: Exo 6:26 - -- These are that Aaron and Moses,.... Aaron is set before Moses, because he was the eldest, and because he prophesied in Egypt before Moses, as Aben Ezr...
These are that Aaron and Moses,.... Aaron is set before Moses, because he was the eldest, and because he prophesied in Egypt before Moses, as Aben Ezra observes; though Moses was greater in dignity than he, and therefore the true reason may be the modesty of Moses; though in a following verse Moses is set before Aaron, to show that they were equal, as Jarchi thinks; and perhaps the thing was quite an indifference to the historian, and done without any care and intention, however these words are emphatically expressed, on purpose to point out the persons to future ages:
to whom the Lord said, bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt: which is the charge he gave them both, Exo 6:13, and the account of which is returned to again, after an interruption by the genealogy before recorded: Israel were to be brought out:
according to their armies; denoting their numbers, and the order in which they were to march out of Egypt, as they did, not by flight, nor in confusion, but in a formidable manner, and in great composure and order, with these two men, Moses and Aaron, as their generals at the head of them.

Gill: Exo 6:27 - -- These are they which spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... In the name of the Lord of hosts; and demanded the dismission of Israel, in order
to bring...
These are they which spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt,.... In the name of the Lord of hosts; and demanded the dismission of Israel, in order
to bring the children of Israel from Egypt; nor did they desist making application to him, until they had prevailed upon him to let them go:
these are that Moses and Aaron; which is repeated, that it may be observed who were the deliverers of Israel, what their names, of what tribe they were, and from whom they descended, and who sprung from them, at least from Aaron.

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NET Notes: Exo 6:25 Heb “heads of the fathers” is taken as an abbreviation for the description of “households” in v. 14.

NET Notes: Exo 6:26 Or “by their hosts” or “by their armies.” Often translated “hosts” (ASV, NASB) or “armies” (KJV), ...
Geneva Bible: Exo 6:14 These [be] the heads ( e ) of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these [be] the ...

Geneva Bible: Exo 6:16 And these [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...

Geneva Bible: Exo 6:20 And Amram took him Jochebed his ( g ) father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram [were] an hundred ...

Geneva Bible: Exo 6:21 And the sons of Izhar; ( h ) Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
( h ) Moses and he were cousins, whose rebellion was punished in (Num 16:1).

Geneva Bible: Exo 6:23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of ( i ) Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
( i ) ...

Geneva Bible: Exo 6:26 These [are] that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their ( k ) armies.
( k...

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TSK Synopsis -> Exo 6:1-30
TSK Synopsis: Exo 6:1-30 - --1 God renews his promise by his name JEHOVAH.9 Moses vainly attempts to encourage the Israelites.10 He and Aaron are again sent to Pharaoh.14 The gene...
MHCC -> Exo 6:14-30
MHCC: Exo 6:14-30 - --Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer a...
Matthew Henry -> Exo 6:14-30
Matthew Henry: Exo 6:14-30 - -- I. We have here a genealogy, not an endless one, such as the apostle condemns (1Ti 1:4), for it ends in those two great patriots Moses and Aaron, an...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Exo 6:14-27
Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 6:14-27 - --
The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron. - " These are their (Moses' and Aaron's) father's-houses ." בּית־×בות father's-houses (not fathers' house...
Constable: Exo 1:1--15:22 - --I. THE LIBERATION OF ISRAEL 1:1--15:21
"The story of the first half of Exodus, in broad summary, is Rescue. The ...

Constable: Exo 5:1--11:10 - --B. God's demonstrations of His sovereignty chs. 5-11
God permitted the conflict between Moses and Pharao...

Constable: Exo 6:2--7:8 - --2. Moses and Aaron's equipment as God's messengers 6:2-7:7
The writer gave the credentials of God and His representatives, Moses and Aaron, in these v...
Guzik -> Exo 6:1-30
Guzik: Exo 6:1-30 - --Exodus 6 - God's Assurance to Moses
A. God comforts Moses.
1. (1) God's promise to Moses: Pharaoh will let you go.
Then the LORD said to Moses, &q...

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Bible Query: Exo 6:16-20 Q: In Ex 6:16-20, how could the Israelites be in Egypt for 430 years, since there were only three generations mentioned between Levi and Moses?
A: T...

Bible Query: Exo 6:20 Q: In Ex 6:20, why did Amram marry Jochebed his aunt, since this is forbidden in Leviticus 18:11?
A: Two points to consider in the answer. &nbs...

Bible Query: Exo 6:20 Q: In Ex 6:20, were Jochebed and Amram, Levi’s grandson, Moses’ parents?
A: Not necessarily, since son can mean descendant, and Jochebed was not...

Bible Query: Exo 6:26-27 Q: In Ex 6:26-27, did Moses write this book, since it was written about Moses in third person?
A: There is no reason to doubt that Moses wrote this....
Critics Ask: Exo 6:16 EXODUS 6:16-20 —How could the people of Israel have been in Egypt for 430 years when there were only three generations between Levi and Moses? P...

Critics Ask: Exo 6:17 EXODUS 6:16-20 —How could the people of Israel have been in Egypt for 430 years when there were only three generations between Levi and Moses? P...

Critics Ask: Exo 6:18 EXODUS 6:16-20 —How could the people of Israel have been in Egypt for 430 years when there were only three generations between Levi and Moses? P...

Critics Ask: Exo 6:19 EXODUS 6:16-20 —How could the people of Israel have been in Egypt for 430 years when there were only three generations between Levi and Moses? P...

Critics Ask: Exo 6:20 EXODUS 6:16-20 —How could the people of Israel have been in Egypt for 430 years when there were only three generations between Levi and Moses? P...

Critics Ask: Exo 6:26 EXODUS 6:26-27 —Didn’t someone besides Moses write these verses? PROBLEM: The references to Moses and Aaron in verses 26 and 27 are written i...
