Numbers 3:20

20 The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

Numbers 3:20 in Other Translations

20 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.

20 And the sons of Merari by their clans: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers' houses.

20 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.

20 The sons of Merari by clan: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of Levi, family by family.

20 And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

20 Mahli and Mushi were the sons of Merari. Their families were named after them. These were the households of Levite families.

20 Merari's sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

20 The major families from Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Those were the major families of the Levites.

Numbers 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 3:20

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.

Numbers 3:20 In-Context

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans: Libni and Shimei.

19 The Kohathite clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

20 The Merarite clans: Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

21 To Gershon belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites; these were the Gershonite clans.

22 The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 46:11
• 2. S Exodus 6:19