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Text -- Numbers 3:17-20 (NET)

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3:17 These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 3:18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 3:19 The sons of Kohath by their families were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3:20 The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Amram son of Kohath son of Levi,an Israelite (Bani) who put away his heathen wife
 · Gershon the clan of Gershom/Gershon of the tribe of Levi
 · Hebron a valley and town of Judah 25 km west of the dead sea,son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Mareshah of Judah
 · Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Ashhur (Judah) and his wife Helah in Moses time
 · Kohath son of Levi; founder of the clan of Kohath,the clan of Kohath
 · Levi members of the tribe of Levi
 · Levites relating to Levi and the priesthood given to him,a tribal name describing people and ceremonies as sacred
 · Libni son of Gershom son of Levi,son of Mahli son of Merari son of Levi
 · Mahli son of Merari son of Levi; Mahli I,son of Mushi son of Merari son of Levi; Mahli II
 · Merari the clan of Merari of the tribe of Levi
 · Mushi son of Merari son of Levi
 · Shime-i son of Gershon/Gershom son of Levi,the son of Gera of Benjamin,son of Jesse (Judah); father of Jonathan who killed a giant,a man who was a friend of kings David and Solomon,son of Ela, Moses' land distribution deputy for Benjamin,son of Pedaiah son of King Jehoiachin,son of Zaccur of Simeon,son of Gog of Reuben,son of Libni of Merari of Levi,the head of a clan of Benjamin; son of Elpaal?,a man who was a descendant of Ladan/Libni son of Levi (WZ),son of Jeduthun (Levi); worship leader under Jeduthun and David,a man of Ramoth; David's supervisor of vineyards,son of Heman (David's seer) of Samuel of Kohath of Levi,an officer of the temple store house under King Hezekiah,a Levite who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Hashum Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Kish; founding father of the clan of Shime-i of Benjamin
 · Uzziel son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Ishi of Simeon who helped destroy the Amalekites,son of Bela son of Benjamin,son of Heman the Levite; worship leader under Heman and David,a Levite leader of Jeduthun Clan in the time of Hezekiah,son of Harhaiah; a goldsmith who helped rebuild the wall


Dictionary Themes and Topics: UZZIEL | Merarites | MUSHI | MOSES | MAHLI | Levites | Kohathites | KOHATH; KOHATHITES | IZHARITES | IZHAR | IZEHAR | HEBRON (2) | Gershon | GERSHON; GERSHONITES | GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 | FATHER'S HOUSE, FATHERS' HOUSE | Encamp | Census | Camp | AMMINADAB | more
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Calvin , TSK

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Haydock , Gill

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Calvin: Num 3:17 - -- 17.And these were the sons of Levi by their names Hence it appears that the tribe of Levi, like the others, had made an astonishing progress from a s...

17.And these were the sons of Levi by their names Hence it appears that the tribe of Levi, like the others, had made an astonishing progress from a small and contemptible beginning; for whereas he himself had only begotten three sons, Gershon and Merari only two each, and Kohath four; who would have expected such an increase, that twelve men in so short a time should have grown into so many thousands? But thus powerfully does God work under the semblance of weakness, that thus His glory may be the more conspicuous. But that He promoted the family of Kohath above the others, not only in the priesthood of Aaron, but also in their common ministry, proceeded from the same source of His gratuitous good pleasure, as the calling of Moses. He then, who had dignified also by so honorable an office, was, for his sake, gracious also to the family of Kohath. Neverthless, lost he should be suspected of ambition, or lest occasion of calumny should be given to the ungodly, God chose that the sons of Moses should remain in the ordinary station of the Levites.

TSK: Num 3:17 - -- Num 26:57, Num 26:58; Gen 46:11; Exo 6:16-19; Josh. 21:1-45; 1Ch 6:1, 1Ch 6:2, 1Ch 6:16-19 Gershon : Num. 15:5-23, 23:6-23, 24:1-26:65; Neh. 11:1-12:4...

Num 26:57, Num 26:58; Gen 46:11; Exo 6:16-19; Josh. 21:1-45; 1Ch 6:1, 1Ch 6:2, 1Ch 6:16-19

Gershon : Num. 15:5-23, 23:6-23, 24:1-26:65; Neh. 11:1-12:47

TSK: Num 3:18 - -- Num 3:21; Exo 6:17-19; 1Ch 6:17, 1Ch 6:20, 1Ch 6:21, 1Ch 23:7-11, 1Ch 25:4, 26:1-32; Neh. 12:1-26

TSK: Num 3:19 - -- Num 3:27; Exo 6:18, Exo 6:20; 1Ch 6:18, 1Ch 6:38, 1Ch 15:5, 1Ch 15:8-10, 1Ch 15:17-21, 1Ch 23:12, 1Ch 23:13, 1Ch 23:18-20; 1Ch 25:4, 26:1-32; Neh. 12:...

TSK: Num 3:20 - -- Num 3:33; Exo 6:19; 1Ch 6:19, 1Ch 6:29, 1Ch 6:44-47, 1Ch 15:6, 1Ch 23:21-23, 1Ch 24:27-30, 1Ch 25:3

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Haydock: Num 3:17 - -- Names. These had been long ago dead. (Menochius)

Names. These had been long ago dead. (Menochius)

Gill: Num 3:17 - -- And these were the sons of Levi, by their names,.... The immediate offspring and descendants of that patriarch: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; th...

And these were the sons of Levi, by their names,.... The immediate offspring and descendants of that patriarch:

Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari; these went down with him into Egypt, Gen 46:11.

Gill: Num 3:18 - -- And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families,.... Or to Gershon belonged two families, called after the names of his sons, who w...

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon, by their families,.... Or to Gershon belonged two families, called after the names of his sons, who were now numbered, namely:

Libni and Shimei; and who are elsewhere mentioned as his sons, Exo 6:17; and from hence were the families of the Libnites and Shimites, as in Num 3:21.

Gill: Num 3:19 - -- And the sons of Kohath, by their families,.... Who was the second son of Levi: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel; so in Exo 6:18; and from whom...

And the sons of Kohath, by their families,.... Who was the second son of Levi:

Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel; so in Exo 6:18; and from whom were named the family of the Amramites, to which Moses and Aaron belonged; and the families of the Izeharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites, as they are called, Num 3:27.

Gill: Num 3:20 - -- And the sons, of Merari, by their families,.... The third son of Levi: Mahli and Mushi; the same as in Exo 6:19; from whom were denominated the fam...

And the sons, of Merari, by their families,.... The third son of Levi:

Mahli and Mushi; the same as in Exo 6:19; from whom were denominated the families of the Mahlites and Mushites, who, as the preceding families, were numbered at this time: these

are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers; in all eight families.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 3:17 The word “sons of” does at the outset refer to the sons of Levi. But as the listing continues the expression refers more to the family gro...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Num 3:1-51 - --1 The sons of Aaron.5 The Levites are given to the priests instead of the first-born;14 are numbered by their families.21 The families, number, and ch...

MHCC: Num 3:14-39 - --The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity ...

Matthew Henry: Num 3:14-39 - -- The Levites being granted to Aaron to minister to him, they are here delivered to him by tale, that he might know what he had, and employ them accor...

Keil-Delitzsch: Num 3:14-20 - -- The muster of the Levites included all the males from a month old and upwards, because they were to be sanctified to Jehovah in the place of the fir...

Constable: Num 1:1--10:36 - --A. Preparations for entering the Promised Land from the south chs. 1-10 The first 10 chapters in Numbers...

Constable: Num 3:1-51 - --The placement and number of the Levites and first-born of Israel ch. 3 Note the recurran...

Guzik: Num 3:1-51 - --Numbers 3 - The Census of the Levites A. Priests and Levites. 1. (1-5) The priests: The family of Aaron. Now these are the records of Aaron and Mo...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Numbers (Book Introduction) NUMBERS. This book is so called because it contains an account of the enumeration and arrangement of the Israelites. The early part of it, from the fi...

JFB: Numbers (Outline) MOSES NUMBERING THE MEN OF WAR. (Num. 1:1-54) THE ORDER OF THE TRIBES IN THEIR TENTS. (Num. 2:1-34) THE LEVITES' SERVICE. (Num. 3:1-51) OF THE LEVITE...

TSK: Numbers (Book Introduction) The book of Numbers is a book containing a series of the most astonishing providences and events. Every where and in every circumstance God appears; ...

TSK: Numbers 3 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Num 3:1, The sons of Aaron; Num 3:5, The Levites are given to the priests instead of the first-born; Num 3:14, are numbered by their fami...

Poole: Numbers (Book Introduction) FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS THE ARGUMENT This Book giveth us a history of almost forty years travel of the children of Israel through th...

Poole: Numbers 3 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 3 The genealogy of Moses, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab and Abihu, Num 3:1-4 . The Levites are joined with them in the administration of the t...

MHCC: Numbers (Book Introduction) This book is called NUMBERS from the several numberings of the people contained in it. It extends from the giving of the law at Sinai, till their arri...

MHCC: Numbers 3 (Chapter Introduction) (Num 3:1-13) The sons of Aaron, The Levites taken instead of the first-born. (v. 14-39) The Levites numbered by their families, Their duties. (Num 3...

Matthew Henry: Numbers (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Fourth Book of Moses, Called Numbers The titles of the five books of Moses, which we use in our Bib...

Matthew Henry: Numbers 3 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter and the next are concerning the tribe of Levi, which was to be mustered and marshalled by itself, and not in common with the other tri...

Constable: Numbers (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title the Jews used in their Hebrew Old Testament for this book...

Constable: Numbers (Outline) Outline I. Experiences of the older generation in the wilderness chs. 1-25 A. Preparations f...

Constable: Numbers Numbers Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. The Land of the Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1979. ...

Haydock: Numbers (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION. This fourth Book of Moses is called Numbers , because it begins with the numbering of the people. The Hebrews, from its first words...

Gill: Numbers (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS This book has its name from the account it gives of the "numbers" of the children of Israel, twice taken particularly; whic...

Gill: Numbers 3 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 3 In this chapter an account is given of the genealogy of the priests and Levites, and of the gift of the Levites to the pr...

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