Exodus 2:1 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 2:1

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

KJV

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ASV

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.

WEB

Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,

YLT

And there goeth a man of the house of Levi, and he taketh the daughter of Levi,

DBT

And a man of the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi.

About this book

Old Testament

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Numbers 26:59
And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
Exodus 6:16–20
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
1 Chronicles 23:12–14
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Exodus 6:20
And Amram took him Jochebed his father’s sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years.
1 Chronicles 6:1–3
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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there went a man of the house of Levi, &c. Amram was the husband and Jochebed the wife (compare Ex 6:2; The marriage took place, and two children, Miriam and Aaron, were born some years before the infanticidal edict.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Women of FaithOne mother's defiance of Pharaoh preserves Israel's deliverer — faith guarding the rescue before it begins.

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