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Literal Standard Version
Numbers 3:20
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
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Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Merari by their families: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
The sons of Merari by their families: Machli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
King James Version
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.
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.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their families.
The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their families.
New Century Version
The Merarite family groups were Mahli and Mushi. These were the family groups of the Levites.
The Merarite family groups were Mahli and Mushi. These were the family groups of the Levites.
New English Translation
The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.
The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans.
Amplified Bible
and the [two] sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' households.
and the [two] sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' households.
New American Standard Bible
and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.
And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.
Legacy Standard Bible
and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
Contemporary English Version
And Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These were the sons and grandsons of Levi, and they had become the leaders of the Levite clans.
And Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi. These were the sons and grandsons of Levi, and they had become the leaders of the Levite clans.
Complete Jewish Bible
and the sons of M'rari — Machli and Mushi. These fathered the clans of the L'vi'im.
and the sons of M'rari — Machli and Mushi. These fathered the clans of the L'vi'im.
Darby Translation
And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Merari family groups were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families that belonged to Levi's family group.
The Merari family groups were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families that belonged to Levi's family group.
English Standard Version
And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahali and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahali and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Christian Standard Bible®
Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families.
Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These were the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Merari in their kynreds, were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses.
The children of Merari in their kynreds, were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers.
And the sonnes of Merari in their kinredes: Maheli, and Musi. These are the kinredes of the Leuites, accordyng to the houses of their fathers.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Leuites, according to the house of their fathers.
And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli, and Mushi: these are the families of the Leuites, according to the house of their fathers.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.
and the sons of Merari according to their families, Mooli and Musi; these are the families of the Levites according to the houses of their families.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Berean Standard Bible
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the sones of Merari weren Mooly, and Musi.
and the sones of Merari weren Mooly, and Musi.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
And the sons of Merari by their families [are] Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
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.
World English Bible
The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.
New King James Version
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
New Living Translation
The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups.
The clans descended from Merari were named after two of his descendants, Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, listed according to their family groups.
New Life Bible
The sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
The sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.
The sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their ancestral houses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Merari by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are they - the families of the Levites by their ancestral houses.
And the sons of Merari by their families, Mahli and Mushi. These, are they - the families of the Levites by their ancestral houses.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The sons of Merari, Moholi and Musi.
The sons of Merari, Moholi and Musi.
Revised Standard Version
And the sons of Merar'i by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
And the sons of Merar'i by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.
THE MESSAGE
The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.
The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households.
Contextual Overview
14And YHWH speaks to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, 15"Number the sons of Levi by the house of their fathers, by their families; every male from a son of a month and upward—you number them." 16And Moses numbers them according to the command of YHWH, as he has been commanded. 17And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. 18And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.21Of Gershon—the family of the Libnite and the family of the Shimite; these are the families of the Gershonite. 22Their numbered ones, in number, every male from a son of a month and upward, their numbered ones [are] seven thousand and five hundred. 23The families of the Gershonite encamp westward behind the Dwelling Place.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Numbers 3:33, Exodus 6:19, 1 Chronicles 6:19, 1 Chronicles 6:29, 1 Chronicles 6:44-47, 1 Chronicles 15:6, 1 Chronicles 23:21-23, 1 Chronicles 24:27-30, 1 Chronicles 25:3
Reciprocal: Joshua 21:7 - General 1 Chronicles 6:47 - Mahli 1 Chronicles 6:63 - Merari 1 Chronicles 23:24 - after the house 2 Chronicles 31:17 - genealogy Ezra 8:18 - Mahli
Cross-References
Genesis 2:20
And the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.
And the man calls names to all the livestock, and to bird of the heavens, and to every beast of the field; but for man a helper has not been found as his counterpart.
Genesis 2:23
and the man says, "This at last! Bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!" For this is called Woman, for this has been taken from Man;
and the man says, "This at last! Bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh!" For this is called Woman, for this has been taken from Man;
Genesis 5:29
and calls his name Noah, saying, "This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed."
and calls his name Noah, saying, "This [one] comforts us concerning our work, and concerning the labor of our hands, because of the ground which YHWH has cursed."
Genesis 16:11
and the Messenger of YHWH says to her, "Behold you [are] conceiving, and bearing a son, and have called his name Ishmael, for YHWH has listened to your affliction;
and the Messenger of YHWH says to her, "Behold you [are] conceiving, and bearing a son, and have called his name Ishmael, for YHWH has listened to your affliction;
Genesis 35:18
And it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
And it comes to pass in the going out of her soul (for she died), that she calls his name Ben-Oni; and his father called him Benjamin;
Exodus 2:10
And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, "Because I have drawn him from the water."
And the boy grows, and she brings him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he is to her for a son, and she calls his name Moses, and says, "Because I have drawn him from the water."
1 Samuel 1:20
and it comes to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Samuel, for, "I have asked for him from YHWH."
and it comes to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Samuel, for, "I have asked for him from YHWH."
Matthew 1:21
and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."
Matthew 1:23
"Behold, the virgin will conceive, and she will bring forth a Son, and they will call His Name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
"Behold, the virgin will conceive, and she will bring forth a Son, and they will call His Name Emmanuel," which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
Acts 17:26
He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
He also made every nation of man of one blood, to dwell on all the face of the earth—having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings—
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the sons, of Merari, by their families,.... The third son of Levi;
Mahli and Mushi; the same as in Exodus 6:19; from whom were denominated the families of the Mahlites and Mushites, who, as the preceding families, were numbered at this time: these
[are] the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers; in all eight families.