Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.
6:19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites by their families. 2
6:66 The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim. 3
1 tn Heb “from these went forth the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.”
2 tn Heb “by their fathers.”
3 tn Heb “and from [it is probably preferable to read “to” here] the clans of the sons of Kohath and there were the cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.”
4 tn Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”