1 Chronicles 6 · Verse 47

1 Chronicles 6:47

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
1 Chronicles 6:47, King James Version

1 Chronicles 6:47 in other translations

BSBthe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
WEBthe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
ASVthe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
YLTson of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
DARBYthe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
BBEThe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
WebsterThe son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

What does 1 Chronicles 6:47 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 6:16-48

16-48. The sons of Levi; Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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1 Chronicles 6:47 in the original Hebrew

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בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מַחְלִי֙mach.LiMahliH4249
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מוּשִׁ֔יmu.ShiMushiH4187
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
מְרָרִ֖יme.ra.RiMerariH4847
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
לֵוִֽי\׃\ \סle.ViLeviH3878

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 6:47

  • Numbers 10:17

    And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

  • Numbers 3:20

    And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

  • Numbers 4:42

    And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,

  • Numbers 7:8

    And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

  • Joshua 21:7

    The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:21

    The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:28

    Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

  • Numbers 3:33-36

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

  • Exodus 6:19

    And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

  • Joshua 21:34-40

    And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Merari.
23:21,28; Ex 6:19; Nu 3:20,33-36; 4:42; 7:8; 10:17
Jos 21:7,34-40

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 6:46

    The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:47

    The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:48

    Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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1 Chronicles 6:47 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hijo de Mahali, hijo de Musi, hijo de Merari, hijo de Leví.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et aux fils de Guershom, selon leurs familles, 13 villes, de la tribu d’Issacar, et de la tribu d’Aser, et de la tribu de Nephthali, et de la tribu de Manassé, en Basan;
German
Elberfelder 1871
des Sohnes Machlis, des Sohnes Musis, des Sohnes Meraris, des Sohnes Levis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
filii Moholi, filii Musi, filii Merari, filii Levi.