Exodus 6 · Verse 21

Exodus 6:21

And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
Exodus 6:21, King James Version

Exodus 6:21 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri.
WEBThe sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
ASVAnd the sons of Izhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
YLTAnd sons of Izhar are Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.
DARBYAnd the sons of Jizhar: Korah, and Nepheg, and Zicri.
BBEAnd the sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri.
WebsterAnd the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

What does Exodus 6:21 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 Korah - Though he became a rebel against God and Moses, (see Num 16:1, etc)., yet Moses, in his great impartiality, inserts his name among those of his other progenitors.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 6:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְנֵ֖יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
יִצְהָ֑רyitz.HarIzharH3324
קֹ֥רַחKo.rach[were] KorahH7141
וָנֶ֖פֶגva.Ne.fegand NephegH5298
וְזִכְרִֽי\׃ve.zikh.Riand ZikriH2147

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Cross references for Exodus 6:21

  • Numbers 16:1

    Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

  • 1 Chronicles 6:37-38

    The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

  • Numbers 26:10-11

    And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

  • Numbers 16:32

    And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.

  • Exodus 6:24

    And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Korah.
24; Nu 16:1,32; 26:10,11; 1Ch 6:37,38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Exodus 6:21

    And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri.

  • Exodus 6:22

    And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.

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Exodus 6:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Izhar: Cora, y Nepheg y Zithri.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et les fils de Jitsehar: Coré, et Népheg, et Zicri.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Jizhars: Korah und Nepheg und Sikri.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii quoque Isaar: Core, et Nepheg, et Zechri.