Numbers 3 · Verse 20

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 3:20, King James Version

Numbers 3:20 in other translations

BSBAnd the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
WEBThe sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
ASVAnd the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
YLTAnd the sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
DARBYAnd the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
BBEAnd the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
WebsterAnd the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers.

What does Numbers 3:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 3:14-31

14-31. Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious. In the other tribes the survey was made for purposes of war [Nu…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 3:14-39

The Levites were in three classes, according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and these were subdivided into families. The posterity of Moses were not at all honoured or privileged, but stood upon the level with other Levites; thus it was plain, that Moses did not seek the advancement of his own family, or to secure any honours to it. The tribe of Levi was by much the least of all the tribes. God's…

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Numbers 3:20 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.

וּבְנֵ֧יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
מְרָרִ֛יme.ra.RiMerariH4847
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םle.mish.pe.cho.Tamto clans theirH4940
מַחְלִ֣יmach.LiMahliH4249
וּמוּשִׁ֑יu.mu.Shiand MushiH4187
אֵ֥לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
הֵ֛םhemtheyH1992
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥תmish.pe.Chot[were] [the] clans ofH4940
הַלֵּוִ֖יha.le.Vithe LevitesH3881
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitto [the] house ofH1004
אֲבֹתָֽם\׃'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1

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Cross references for Numbers 3:20

  • Exodus 6:19

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

  • 1 Chronicles 6:19

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

  • 1 Chronicles 15:6

    Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

  • Numbers 3:33

    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:3

    Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:44-47

    And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:29

    The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

  • 1 Chronicles 24:27-30

    The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:21-23

    The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

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33; Ex 6:19; 1Ch 6:19,29,44-47; 15:6; 23:21-23; 24:27-30; 25:3

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Context

  • Numbers 3:19

    And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

  • 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 3:21

    Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

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Numbers 3:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Merari, por sus familias: Mahali, y Musi. Estas, las familias de Leví, por las casas de sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de Merari, selon leurs familles: Makhli et Mushi. Ce sont là les familles de Lévi, selon leurs maisons de pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Meraris nach ihren Familien: Machli und Muschi. Das sind die Familien Levis nach ihren Vaterhäusern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Merari: Moholi et Musi.