Lexicon :: Strong's H4847 - mᵊrārî

Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of the sons of Levi

according to their family records;

Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Merari:

Mahli and Mushi.

These are the clans of the Levites

according to their family records.

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families.

The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.

The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they camped on the north side of the tabernacle.

“As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral families.

“This is the service of the Merarite clans regarding all their work at the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

The men of the Merarite clans were registered by their clans and their ancestral families,

These were the registered men of the Merarite clans; Moses and Aaron registered them at the LORD’s command through Moses.

and gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen corresponding to their service, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.

These were the Levites registered by their clans:

the Gershonite clan from Gershon;

the Kohathite clan from Kohath;

the Merarite clan from Merari.

Merari’s descendants received twelve cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites:

Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,

All twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

Levi’s sons: Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:

Merari’s sons: Mahli, his son Libni,

his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:

Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,

son of Malluch,

son of Mahli,

son of Mushi, son of Merari,

son of Levi.

The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.

The rest of the Merarites received:

From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.

The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives;

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah.

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom,[fn] Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.

Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi,

and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.[fn]

Hosah, from the Merarites, also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.

Then the Levites stood up:

Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites;

Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites;

Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;

The men were doing the work with integrity. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites from the Merarites, and Zechariah and Meshullam from the Kohathites as supervisors. The Levites were all skilled with musical instruments.

plus Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.