1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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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.
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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.
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-30)The priests and Levites were more concerned than any other Israelites to preserve their pedigree clear and to be able to prove it, because all the honours and privileges of their office depended upon their descent. And we read of those who, though perhaps they really were children of the priests, yet, because they could not find the register of their genealogies, nor make out their descent by any…
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