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

These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram.