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Numbers 3:27

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From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these were the clans of the Kohathites.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

KJV

And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

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This verse in Numbers 3

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites,.... So called from Amram, the first son of Kohath, and father of Aaron and Moses; so that Moses and Aaron, and their children, are included in this family: and the family of Izeharites; of which family was Korah, Num 16:1, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; which four families had their names from Kohath's four sons, Num 3:19, these are the families of the Kohathites; which were as many as both the other sons of Levi.

This site's exposition

From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites

on Numbers 3:27-28

The Amramites are the family of Moses and Aaron, and the Izeharites are the family of Korah, whom Numbers 16:1 traces through Izhar to Kohath. The bearers of the holy furniture and the man who will challenge the priesthood come out of the same house.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Yet the posterity of Moses were not at all dignified or distinguished from other Levites. So far was he from seeking any advantage or honour for his own family.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Of the Levites, the Kohathites, the kinsmen of Moses and Aaron, and the most numerous, have the most important charge confided to them, namely, that of the ark, the altars, and the more especially sacred furniture generally.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Number the children of Levi--They were numbered as well as the other tribes; but the enumeration was made on a different principle--for while in the other tribes the number of males was calculated from twenty years and upward [Nu 1:3], in that of Levi they were counted "from a month old and upward." The reason for the distinction is obvious.

The words behind it

13 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.

  • וְלִקְהָ֗תand [belonged] to Kohath

    velikhatH6955 →32 times

  • מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת[the] clan of

    mishpachatH4940 →303 times

  • הַֽעַמְרָמִי֙the Amramite[s]

    haamramiH6020 →

  • וּמִשְׁפַּ֣חַתand [the] clan of

    umishpachatH4940 →303 times

  • הַיִּצְהָרִ֔יthe Izharite[s]

    haiyitzhariH3325 →

  • וּמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙and [the] clan of

    umishpachatH4940 →303 times

  • הַֽחֶבְרֹנִ֔יthe Hebronite[s]

    hachevroniH2276 →

  • וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתand [the] clan of

    umishpachatH4940 →303 times

  • הָֽעָזִּיאֵלִ֑יthe Uzzielite[s]

    haazieliH5817 →

  • אֵ֥לֶּהthese

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • הֵ֖םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת[were] [the] clans of

    mishpechotH4940 →303 times

  • הַקְּהָתִֽי׃the Kohathite[s]

    hakehatiH6956 →15 times

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

Related verses

8 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.

1 Chronicles 26:23From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:4 worksNumbers 3:19The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.2 works1 Chronicles 23:12The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.2 works1 Chronicles 23:13The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.2 works1 Chronicles 24:22From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath.2 worksJoshua 21:10to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 21:5The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.2 worksNumbers 4:2“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,2 works

The walk

8 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 3:19

    The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 6:18

      The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Chronicles 6:18

      The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    • 1 Chronicles 26:1–32

      These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:8–10

      from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;

    • 1 Chronicles 23:12–13

      The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 26:23

    From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

    it leads to

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 23:12

    The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all.

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 6:2

      The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

    • Numbers 26:58

      These were the families of the Levites: The Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Now Kohath was the father of Amram,

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 3 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.

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