12Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, …
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 Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. …
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,
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-19)We have here busy work, good work, and needful work, the cleansing of the house of the Lord. I. The persons employed in this work were the priests and Levites, who should have kept the temple clean, but, not having done that, were concerned to make it clean. Several of the Levites are here named, two of each of the three principal houses, Kohath, Gershon, and Merari (2 Chron. 29:12), and two of ea…
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