6:16 Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: 1 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi’s life was 137 years.)
6:18 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath’s life was 133 years.)
1 tn Or “generations.”
2 sn This military term is used elsewhere in Exodus (e.g., 6:26; 7:4; 12:17, 50), but here the Israelites are called “the regiments of the Lord.”
3 tn The word “atonements” (plural in Hebrew) is a genitive showing the result or product of the sacrifice made.
4 sn This ruling presupposes that the instruction for the Day of Atonement has been given, or at the very least, is to be given shortly. That is the one day of the year that all sin and all ritual impurity would be removed.
5 sn The phrase “most holy to the