1 Chronicles 6:1

Levi’s Descendants

6:1 (5:27) ¹  The sons of Levi:

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:16

6:16 (6:1) ²  The sons of Levi:

Gershom, ³  Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:2

6:2 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:18

6:18 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 15:5

15:5 From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives.

1 Chronicles 23:12

23:12 The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel – four in all.

1 Chronicles 6:22

6:22 The sons ⁴  of Kohath:

His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

1 Chronicles 6:66

6:66 The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 23:6

23:6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:61

6:61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 6:70

6:70 Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath’s descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands. ⁷ 

[6:1]  ¹ sn Beginning with 6:1, the verse numbers through 6:81 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 6:1 ET = 5:27 HT, 6:2 ET = 5:28 HT, 6:16 ET = 6:1 HT, etc., through 6:81 ET = 6:66 HT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.

[6:16]  ² sn Chapter 6 of 1 Chr begins here in the Hebrew text; 6:16-81 ET = 6:1-66 HT. See the note at 6:1.

[6:16]  ³ tn The name “Gershom” (also in vv. 17, 20, 43, 62, 71) appears as “Gershon” in 1 Chr 6:1.

[6:22]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.

[6:66]  ⁴ 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.”

[6:61]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”

[6:70]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands to the clan, to the sons of Kohath who were left.”