1 Chronicles 23:15
in 1 Chronicles 23The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
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The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.
KJV
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 23
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel
on 1 Chronicles 23:12-17
Kohath's family carries the chapter's one narrative turn. Aaron is separated to sanctify the most holy things for ever, while his brother Moses is named only to record that Moses' own sons were counted as common Levites, no priesthood and no standing rank attached to the lawgiver's name. Chronicles states the contrast without comment, the same restraint Numbers already keeps toward Moses' family. Matthew Henry reads it as a mark of Moses' own self denial, the man who refused a nation built from his own line at Exodus 32:10 and is here counted level with the tribe he led.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. See Exo 18:3.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֔ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם | gereshom | Gershom | H1647 → | 13 times |
| וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃ | veeliezer | and Eliezer | H461 → | 14 times |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses
moshehH4872 →765 times
גֵּרְשֹׁ֖םGershom
gereshomH1647 →13 times
וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃and Eliezer
veeliezerH461 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 4:20So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
it leads to
- Exodus 17:9
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
- Numbers 20:8–9
“Take the staff and assemble the congregation. You and your brother Aaron are to speak to the rock while they watch, and it will pour out its water. You will bring out water from…
- Numbers 20:11
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink.
- Exodus 17:9
Through
Exodus 2:22And she gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”
it leads to
- Acts 7:29
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
- Hebrews 11:13–14
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the…
- Exodus 22:21
You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 119:19
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
- 1 Chronicles 16:20
they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.
- Acts 7:29
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.