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Legacy Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 6:1

The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gershon;   Thompson Chain Reference - Merari;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Merari;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Moses;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Elkanah;   Gershom;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Genealogies;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gershon, Gershonites;   Kohath, Kohathites;   Merari, Merarites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gershon, Gershonites ;   Kohath, Kohathites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Kar'tan;   Kibza'im;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aaron;   Ahitub;   Genealogy;   Gershon;   Kohath;   Merari;   Moses;   Priest, High;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Kohath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.
King James Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
English Standard Version
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Century Version
Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New English Translation
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
World English Bible
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, & Merari.
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Contemporary English Version
Levi was the father of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Levi: Gershom, K'hat and M'rari.
Darby Translation
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
Easy-to-Read Version
Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
George Lamsa Translation
THE sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Good News Translation
Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Literal Translation
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Leui were, Gerson, Kahath and Merari.
American Standard Version
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bible in Basic English
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Leui: Gersom, Caath, and Merari.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Leui: Gershon, Kohath & Merari.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
English Revised Version
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The sones of Leuy weren Gerson, Caath, and Merary.
Update Bible Version
The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New King James Version
Genesis 46:11">[xr] The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Living Translation
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
New Life Bible
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The sons of Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merar'i.
Young's Literal Translation
Sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Eleazar had Phinehas, Phinehas had Abishua, Abishua had Bukki, Bukki had Uzzi, Uzzi had Zerahiah, Zerahiah had Meraioth, Meraioth had Amariah, Amariah had Ahitub, Ahitub had Zadok, Zadok had Ahimaaz, Ahimaaz had Azariah, Azariah had Johanan, and Johanan had Azariah (who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem). Azariah had Amariah, Amariah had Ahitub, Ahitub had Zadok, Zadok had Shallum, Shallum had Hilkiah, Hilkiah had Azariah, Azariah had Seraiah, and Seraiah had Jehozadak.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

Contextual Overview

1The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 3The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas became the father of Abishua, 5and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi, 6and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, 7Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, 8and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz, 9and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan, 10and Johanan became the father of Azariah (it was he who ministered as the priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem),

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2304, etc. bc 1700, etc

sons of Levi: 1 Chronicles 23:6, Genesis 46:11, Exodus 6:16, Numbers 3:17, Numbers 26:57

Gershon: 1 Chronicles 6:16, 1 Chronicles 6:20, Gershom

Reciprocal: Exodus 2:1 - of the house Numbers 1:47 - General 1 Chronicles 6:43 - Gershom 1 Chronicles 6:61 - And unto Ezra 8:19 - Merari Hebrews 7:3 - descent

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The sons of Levi,.... After an account of the chief of the tribes of Judah and Simeon, of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, follows that of Levi, and his posterity; the kingdom being given to Judah, the birthright to Joseph, and the priesthood to Levi: the immediate sons of Levi were

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; as in Genesis 46:11, from these sprung the three families of the Levites.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The genealogy of the high priestly stem to the captivity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VI

The genealogy of Levi and Aaron, 1-30.

The offices of the priests and Levites, 31-53.

The cities assigned them, 54-81.

NOTES ON CHAP. VI

Verse 1 Chronicles 6:1. The sons of Levi — It has been well remarked that the genealogy of Levi is given here more ample and correct than that of any of the others. And this is perhaps an additional proof that the author was a priest, felt much for the priesthood, and took care to give the genealogy of the Levitical and sacerdotal families, from the most correct tables; for with such tables we may presume he was intimately acquainted.


 
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