Numbers 3:33
in Numbers 3From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
KJV
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
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This verse in Numbers 3
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites
on Numbers 3:33-35
Merari's 6,200 camp on the north under Zuriel son of Abihail. With Gershon west and Kohath south, the Levites form an inner ring around the tent, inside the four standards of chapter 2. Verse 38 fills the east side.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Of Merari were the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,.... So called from his two sons Mahli and Mushi, Num 3:20, these are the families of Merari; the youngest son of Levi, Num 3:17.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִמְרָרִ֕י | limrari | [belonged] to Merari | H4848 → | 4 times |
| מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַמַּחְלִ֔י | hamachli | the Mahlite[s] | H4250 → | |
| וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | umishpachat | and [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַמּוּשִׁ֑י | hamushi | the Mushite[s] | H4188 → | |
| אֵ֥לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הֵ֖ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת | mishpechot | [were] [the] clans of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| מְרָרִֽי׃ | merari | [the] Merarite[s] | H4848 → | 4 times |
לִמְרָרִ֕י[belonged] to Merari
limrariH4848 →4 times
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַמַּחְלִ֔יthe Mahlite[s]
hamachliH4250 →
וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַתand [the] clan of
umishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַמּוּשִׁ֑יthe Mushite[s]
hamushiH4188 →
אֵ֥לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
הֵ֖םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת[were] [the] clans of
mishpechotH4940 →303 times
מְרָרִֽי׃[the] Merarite[s]
merariH4848 →4 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
Numbers 3:20And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
it leads to
- Exodus 6:19
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites according to their records.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 6:19
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
- 1 Chronicles 23:21–23
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3
From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
- Exodus 6:19
Through
1 Chronicles 6:19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
- 1 Chronicles 24:26
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
- Numbers 26:57–58
Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.
- Numbers 3:20
And the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites, according to their families.
- 1 Chronicles 23:21
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.