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1 Chronicles 6:47

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the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

KJV

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

This site's exposition

the service of song

on 1 Chronicles 6:31-48

David set the singers apart only after the ark had rest, and their genealogies are traced with unusual care: Heman from Kohath's line back to Samuel and Korah, Asaph from Gershom's line standing at his right hand, and Ethan from Merari's line standing at his left. These three names stand behind dozens of Psalm titles, and Edersheim's Temple work traces the office to the Levitical standing recorded here rather than to any priestly rank. The Levites without a gift for song were not set aside; they were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle, the roles Aaron's sons alone could not fill.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If these were the Heman and Ethan that penned the 88th and 89th psalms , there appears no reason here why they should be called Ezrahites (see the titles of those psalms), as there does why those should be called so who are mentioned ch. ii. 6 , and who were the sons of Zerah. There was serving-work, abundance of service to be done in the tabernacle of the house of God (

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The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Numbers 10:17Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.2 worksNumbers 7:8and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.2 worksJoshua 21:34–40This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:2 worksNumbers 4:42And the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families,2 worksNumbers 3:33–36From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.2 works1 Chronicles 23:21The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,2 worksExodus 6:19The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.2 worksNumbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.2 worksJoshua 21:7And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.2 works1 Chronicles 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their families.2 works

The walk

7 stops

Each 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

    Numbers 10:17

    Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:6–8

      So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites.

    • Numbers 1:51

      Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must…

    • Hebrews 9:11

      But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part…

    • Numbers 4:21–33

      And the LORD said to Moses,

    • 2 Peter 1:14

      because I know that this tent will soon be laid aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

  • Through

    Numbers 7:8

    and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 3:36–37

      The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,

    • Numbers 4:28–33

      This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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