1And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
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And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. …
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 Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)Moses was a Levite, both by father and mother. Jacob left Levi under marks of disgrace (Gen. 49:5); and yet, soon after, Moses appears a descendant from him, that he might typify Christ, who came in the likeness of sinful flesh and was made a curse for us. This tribe began to be distinguished from the rest by the birth of Moses, as afterwards it became remarkable in many other instances. Observe,…
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