Numbers 3:33
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Numbers 3:33 in other translations
| BSB | From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans. |
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| WEB | Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari. |
| ASV | Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. |
| YLT | Of Merari is the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these are the families of Merari. |
| DARBY | Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. |
| BBE | From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari. |
| Webster | Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. |
What does Numbers 3:33 mean?
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…
Numbers 3:33 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Numbers 3:33
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
- 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 6:19
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
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Context
- Numbers 3:32
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:33
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
- Numbers 3:34
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.
Numbers 3:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | De Merari, la familia Mahalítica, y la familia Musítica: estas son las familias de Merari. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | De Merari, la famille des Makhlites et la famille des Mushites; ce sont là les familles de Merari: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Von Merari die Familie der Machliter und die Familie der Muschiter: das sind die Familien Meraris. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At vero de Merari erunt populi Moholitæ et Musitæ recensiti per nomina sua: |