Numbers 3:33

The Numbering of Merari

3:33 From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were ¹  the families of Merari.

Numbers 3:17

The Summary of Families

3:17 These were the sons ²  of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Numbers 4:29

The Service of the Merarites

4:29 “As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans.

Numbers 4:42

4:42 Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans,

Numbers 3:20

3:20 The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.

Numbers 10:17

10:17 Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:35-36

3:35 Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

3:36 The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things, ³ 

Numbers 4:33

4:33 This is the service of the families of the Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

Numbers 4:45

4:45 These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses.

Numbers 7:8

7:8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority ⁴  of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 26:57

26:57 And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

[3:33]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has “these they the families of Merari.” The independent personal pronoun has an anaphoric use, somewhat equivalent to the copula “and” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 23, §115).

[3:17]  ² tn 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 groups of the various descendants.

[3:36]  ³ tn Heb “and all their service.” This could possibly be a hendiadys: “and all their working tools.” However, the parallel with v. 26 suggests this is a separate phrase.

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”