Exodus 6 · Verse 19

Exodus 6:19

And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exodus 6:19, King James Version

Exodus 6:19 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
WEBThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
ASVAnd the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations.
YLTAnd the sons of Merari are Mahli and Mushi: these are families of Levi, as to their births.
DARBYAnd the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
BBEAnd the sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, in the order of their generations.
WebsterAnd the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi, according to their generations.

What does Exodus 6:19 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 6:14-30

Moses and Aaron were Israelites; raised up unto them of their brethren, as Christ also should be, who was to be the Prophet and Priest, the Redeemer and Lawgiver of the people of Israel. Moses returns to his narrative, and repeats the charge God had given him to deliver his message to Pharaoh, and his objection against it. Those who have spoken unadvisedly with their lips ought to reflect upon it with regret, as…

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Exodus 6:19 in the original Hebrew

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וּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
מְרָרִ֖יme.ra.RiMerariH4847
מַחְלִ֣יmach.Li[were] MahliH4249
וּמוּשִׁ֑יu.mu.Shiand MushiH4187
אֵ֛לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥תmish.pe.Chot[were] [the] clans ofH4940
הַלֵּוִ֖יha.le.Vithe Levite[s]H3878
לְתֹלְדֹתָֽם\׃le.to.le.do.Tamto descendants theirH8435

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Cross references for Exodus 6:19

  • 1 Chronicles 6:19

    The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:21

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

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Nu 3:20; 1Ch 6:19; 23:21

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Context

  • Exodus 6:18

    And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

  • Exodus 6:19

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

  • Exodus 6:20

    And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.

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Exodus 6:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Merari: Mahali, y Musi: estas son las familias de Leví por sus linajes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et les fils de Merari: Makhli, et Mushi. Ce sont là les familles de Lévi, selon leurs générations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Meraris: Machli und Musi; das sind die Familien Levis nach ihren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi: hæ cognationes Levi per familias suas.