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THE MESSAGE

Exodus 2:1

A man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw there was something special about him and hid him. She hid him for three months. When she couldn't hide him any longer she got a little basket-boat made of papyrus, waterproofed it with tar and pitch, and placed the child in it. Then she set it afloat in the reeds at the edge of the Nile.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jochebed;   Moses;   Servant;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Marriage;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Miriam;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Jochebed;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Exodus;   Jochebed;   Moses;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jochebed;   Moses;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Joch'ebed;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Enslavement, the;   Encampment at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exodus, the Book of;   Flag;   Moses;   Woman;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adoption;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jochebed;   Levi;   Light;   Moses;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
King James Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Lexham English Bible
And a man from the family of Levi went, and he took a descendent of Levi.
New Century Version
Now a man from the family of Levi married a woman who was also from the family of Levi.
New English Translation
A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi.
Amplified Bible
Now a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
New American Standard Bible
Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then there went a man of the house of Leui, and tooke to wife a daughter of Leui,
Legacy Standard Bible
And a man from the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as a wife.
Contemporary English Version
A man from the Levi tribe married a woman from the same tribe,
Complete Jewish Bible
A man from the family of Levi took a woman also descended from Levi as his wife.
Darby Translation
And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.
Easy-to-Read Version
There was a man from the family of Levi who decided to marry a woman from the tribe of Levi.
English Standard Version
Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman.
George Lamsa Translation
AND there went a man from the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of the house of Levi.
Good News Translation
During this time a man from the tribe of Levi married a woman of his own tribe,
Christian Standard Bible®
Now a man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman.
Literal Translation
And a man went from the house of Levi and took a daughter of Levi.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there wente forth a man of the house of Leui, and toke a doughter of Leui.
American Standard Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Bible in Basic English
Now a man of the house of Levi took as his wife a daughter of Levi.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there went a man out of the house of Leui, and toke to wyfe a daughter of Leui.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
King James Version (1611)
And there went a man of the house of Leui, & tooke to wife a daughter of Leui.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there was a certain man of the tribe of Levi, who took to wife one of the daughters of Levi.
English Revised Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Berean Standard Bible
Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aftir these thingis a man of `the hows of Leuy yede out, and took a wijf of his kyn,
Young's Literal Translation
And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,
Update Bible Version
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took as wife the daughter of Levi.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there went a man of the house of Levi, and married a daughter of Levi.
World English Bible
A man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as his wife.
New King James Version
Hebrews 11:23">[xr] And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
New Living Translation
About this time, a man and woman from the tribe of Levi got married.
New Life Bible
Now a man of the family of Levi married a daughter of Levi.
New Revised Standard
Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there went a man of the house of Levi, - and took a laughter of Levi.
Douay-Rheims Bible
After this there went a man of the house of Levi; and took a wife of his own kindred.
Revised Standard Version
Now a man from the house of Levi went and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi.

Contextual Overview

1A man from the family of Levi married a Levite woman. The woman became pregnant and had a son. She saw there was something special about him and hid him. She hid him for three months. When she couldn't hide him any longer she got a little basket-boat made of papyrus, waterproofed it with tar and pitch, and placed the child in it. Then she set it afloat in the reeds at the edge of the Nile. 4The baby's older sister found herself a vantage point a little way off and watched to see what would happen to him. Pharaoh's daughter came down to the Nile to bathe; her maidens strolled on the bank. She saw the basket-boat floating in the reeds and sent her maid to get it. She opened it and saw the child—a baby crying! Her heart went out to him. She said, "This must be one of the Hebrew babies."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2432, bc 1572

of the house: Exodus 6:16-20, Numbers 26:59, 1 Chronicles 6:1-3, 1 Chronicles 23:12-14

Reciprocal: Genesis 29:34 - was Exodus 6:20 - Amram 1 Kings 11:17 - Hadad

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
First this: God created the Heavens and Earth—all you see, all you don't see. Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God's Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.
Genesis 2:5
At the time God made Earth and Heaven, before any grasses or shrubs had sprouted from the ground— God hadn't yet sent rain on Earth, nor was there anyone around to work the ground (the whole Earth was watered by underground springs)— God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The Man came alive—a living soul!
Genesis 2:8
Then God planted a garden in Eden, in the east. He put the Man he had just made in it. God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat. The Tree-of-Life was in the middle of the garden, also the Tree-of-Knowledge-of-Good-and-Evil.
2 Chronicles 2:12
He wrote on, "Blessed be the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, and who gave King David a son so wise, so knowledgeable and shrewd, to build a temple for God and a palace for himself. I've sent you Huram-Abi—he's already on his way—he knows the construction business inside and out. His mother is from Dan and his father from Tyre. He knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, in purple, violet, linen, and crimson textiles; he is also an expert engraver and competent to work out designs with your artists and architects, and those of my master David, your father.
Nehemiah 9:6
Then on the twenty-fourth day of this month, the People of Israel gathered for a fast, wearing burlap and faces smudged with dirt as signs of repentance. The Israelites broke off all relations with foreigners, stood up, and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their parents. While they stood there in their places, they read from the Book of The Revelation of God , their God, for a quarter of the day. For another quarter of the day they confessed and worshiped their God . A group of Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani—stood on the platform and cried out to God , their God, in a loud voice. The Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, "On your feet! Bless God , your God, for ever and ever!" Blessed be your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise! You're the one, God , you alone; You made the heavens, the heavens of heavens, and all angels; The earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them; You keep them all alive; heaven's angels worship you!
Psalms 33:6
The skies were made by God 's command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.
Isaiah 42:5
God 's Message, the God who created the cosmos, stretched out the skies, laid out the earth and all that grows from it, Who breathes life into earth's people, makes them alive with his own life: "I am God . I have called you to live right and well. I have taken responsibility for you, kept you safe. I have set you among my people to bind them to me, and provided you as a lighthouse to the nations, To make a start at bringing people into the open, into light: opening blind eyes, releasing prisoners from dungeons, emptying the dark prisons. I am God . That's my name. I don't franchise my glory, don't endorse the no-god idols. Take note: The earlier predictions of judgment have been fulfilled. I'm announcing the new salvation work. Before it bursts on the scene, I'm telling you all about it."
Isaiah 45:18
God , Creator of the heavens— he is, remember, G od. Maker of earth— he put it on its foundations, built it from scratch. He didn't go to all that trouble to just leave it empty, nothing in it. He made it to be lived in. This God says: "I am God , the one and only. I don't just talk to myself or mumble under my breath. I never told Jacob, ‘Seek me in emptiness, in dark nothingness.' I am God . I work out in the open, saying what's right, setting things right. So gather around, come on in, all you refugees and castoffs. They don't seem to know much, do they— those who carry around their no-god blocks of wood, praying for help to a dead stick? So tell me what you think. Look at the evidence. Put your heads together. Make your case. Who told you, and a long time ago, what's going on here? Who made sense of things for you? Wasn't I the one? God ? It had to be me. I'm the only God there is— The only God who does things right and knows how to help. So turn to me and be helped—saved!— everyone, whoever and wherever you are. I am God , the only God there is, the one and only. I promise in my own name: Every word out of my mouth does what it says. I never take back what I say. Everyone is going to end up kneeling before me. Everyone is going to end up saying of me, ‘Yes! Salvation and strength are in God !'" All who have raged against him will be brought before him, disgraced by their unbelief. And all who are connected with Israel will have a robust, praising, good life in God !
Isaiah 65:17
"Pay close attention now: I'm creating new heavens and a new earth. All the earlier troubles, chaos, and pain are things of the past, to be forgotten. Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight. I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish; No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal— anything less will seem like a cheat. They'll build houses and move in. They'll plant fields and eat what they grow. No more building a house that some outsider takes over, No more planting fields that some enemy confiscates, For my people will be as long-lived as trees, my chosen ones will have satisfaction in their work. They won't work and have nothing come of it, they won't have children snatched out from under them. For they themselves are plantings blessed by God , with their children and grandchildren likewise God -blessed. Before they call out, I'll answer. Before they've finished speaking, I'll have heard. Wolf and lamb will graze the same meadow, lion and ox eat straw from the same trough, but snakes—they'll get a diet of dirt! Neither animal nor human will hurt or kill anywhere on my Holy Mountain," says God .
Jeremiah 10:16
But the Portion-of-Jacob is the real thing. He put the whole universe together And pays special attention to Israel. His name? God -of-the-Angel-Armies!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there went a man of the house of Levi,.... This man was Amram, the son of Kohath, and grandson of Levi, as appears from Exodus 6:18

and took to wife a daughter of Levi; one of the same house, family, or tribe; which was proper, that the tribes might be kept distinct: this was Jochebed, said to be his father's sister, Exodus 6:18- :: her name in Josephus s is Joachebel, which seems to be no other than a corruption of Jochebed, but in the Targum in 1 Chronicles 4:18 she is called Jehuditha.

s Antiqu. l. 2. c. 9. sect. 4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A man ... a daughter of Levi - Amram and Jochebed. See Exodus 6:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER II

Amram and Jochebed marry, 1.

Moses is born, and is hidden by his mother three months, 2.

Is exposed in an ark of bulrushes on the riser Nile, and watched

by his sister, 3, 4.

He is found by the daughter of Pharaoh, who commits him to the

care of his own mother, and has him educated as her own son, 5-9.

When grown up, he is brought to Pharaoh's daughter, who receives

him as her own child, and calls him Moses, 10.

Finding an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, he kills the Egyptian, and

hides him in the sand, 11, 12.

Reproves two Hebrews that were contending together, one of whom

charges him with killing the Egyptian, 13, 14.

Pharaoh, hearing of the death of the Egyptian, sought to slay

Moses, who, being alarmed, escapes to the land of Midian, 15.

Meets with the seven daughters of Reuel, priest or prince of Midian,

who came to water their flocks, and assists them, 16, 17.

On their return they inform their father Reuel, who invites Moses

to his house, 18-20.

Moses dwells with him, and receives Zipporah his daughter to wife, 21.

She bears him a son whom he calls Gershom, 22.

The children of Israel, grievously oppressed in Egypt, cry for

deliverance, 23.

God remembers his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and

hears their prayer, 24, 25.

NOTES ON CHAP. II

Verse Exodus 2:1. There went a manAmram, son of Kohath, son of Levi, Exodus 6:16-20. A daughter of Levi, Jochebed, sister to Kohath, and consequently both the wife and aunt of her husband Amram, Exodus 6:20; Numbers 26:59. Such marriages were at this time lawful, though they were afterwards forbidden, Leviticus 18:12. But it is possible that daughter of Levi means no more than a descendant of that family, and that probably Amram and Jochebed were only cousin germans. As a new law was to be given and a new priesthood formed, God chose a religious family out of which the lawgiver and the high priest were both to spring.


 
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