6:19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites by their families. 1
6:44 Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by 2 Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,
15:6 From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.
23:21 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish.
23:22 Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them. 3
23:23 The sons of Mushi:
Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth – three in all.
1 tn Heb “by their fathers.”
2 tn Heb “and the sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left.”
3 tn Heb “the sons of Kish, their brothers [i.e., relatives/cousins] lifted them up.” For other uses of נָאָשׂ (na’as, “lift up”) in the sense of “marry,” see BDB 671 s.v. Qal.3.d.