Numbers 26 · Verse 57

Numbers 26:57

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Numbers 26:57, King James Version

Numbers 26:57 in other translations

BSBNow these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
WEBThese are those who were counted of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
ASVAnd these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
YLTAnd these are numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon is the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.
DARBYAnd these are the numbered of the Levites, after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
BBEThese were those of the Levites who were numbered by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
WebsterAnd these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

What does Numbers 26:57 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 26:57-62
Levi was God's tribe; therefore it was not numbered with the rest, but alone. It came not under the sentence, that none of them should enter Canaan excepting Caleb and Joshua.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Numbers 26:57 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.

וְאֵ֨לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428
פְקוּדֵ֣יfe.ku.Dei[were] [the] enrolled [men] ofH6485
הַלֵּוִי֮ha.le.Vithe Levite[s]H3881
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒le.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940
לְגֵרְשׁ֗וֹןle.ge.re.Shonof GershonH1648
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙mish.Pa.chat[the] clan ofH4940
הַגֵּ֣רְשֻׁנִּ֔יha.Ge.re.shu.Nithe Gershonite[s]H1649
לִקְהָ֕תlik.Hatof KohathH6955
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַתmish.Pa.chat[the] clan ofH4940
הַקְּהָתִ֑יha.ke.ha.Tithe Kohathite[s]H6956
לִמְרָרִ֕יlim.ra.Riof MerariH4847
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַתmish.Pa.chat[the] clan ofH4940
הַמְּרָרִֽי\׃ha.me.ra.Rithe Merarite[s]H4848

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 26:57

  • Genesis 46:11

    And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Exodus 6:16-19

    And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. 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. And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:1

    The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:16-30

    The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. …

  • Numbers 3:1-4

    These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

  • Numbers 35:2-3

    Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

Ranked by reader votes · OpenBible.info cross references (CC BY).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
these are.
35:2,3; Ge 46:11; Ex 6:16-19; 1Ch 6:1,16-30
of Gershon.
3:1-4:49

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

Context

  • Numbers 26:56

    According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

  • Numbers 26:57

    And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

  • Numbers 26:58

    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 Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

Read all of Numbers 26

Numbers 26:57 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los contados de los Levitas por sus familias son estos: de Gersón, la familia de los Gersonitas; de Coath, la familia de los Coathitas; de Merari, la familia de los Meraritas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ce sont ici les dénombrés de Lévi, selon leurs familles: de Guershon, la famille des Guershonites; de Kehath, la famille des Kehathites; de Merari, la famille des Merarites.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dies sind die Gemusterten Levis nach ihren Geschlechtern: von Gerson das Geschlecht der Gersoniter; von Kehath das Geschlecht der Kehathiter; von Merari das Geschlecht der Merariter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hic quoque est numerus filiorum Levi per familias suas: Gerson, a quo familia Gersonitarum: Caath, a quo familia Caathitarum: Merari, a quo familia Meraritarum.