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Numbers 3:33

The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Census;   Levites;   Merari;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Merarites;   Mushi;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Merari;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Mahlites;   Mushi;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;   Mahli;   Merari, Merarites;   Moses;   Mushi;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - First-Begotten, First-Born,;   Levites ;   Mahlites ;   Merari, Merarites ;   Mushi, Mushites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Camp and encamp;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days at Sinai;   On to Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mahlites;   Merari;   Mushi;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Of Merari was the family of the Machli, and the family of the Mushi. These are the families of Merari.
King James Version
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Lexham English Bible
To Merari belonged the clan of Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
New Century Version
The family groups of Mahli and Mushi belonged to Merari; they were the Merarite family groups.
New English Translation
From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
Amplified Bible
Of Merari were the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
New American Standard Bible
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Legacy Standard Bible
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
Contemporary English Version
The two Merari clans were the Mahlites and the Mushites,
Complete Jewish Bible
M'rari fathered the clans of Machli and Mushi; these were the M'rari clans.
Darby Translation
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Easy-to-Read Version
The family groups of Mahli and Mushi belonged to the Merari family. There were 6200 men and boys who were one month old or older in the Mahli family group.
English Standard Version
To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
George Lamsa Translation
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
Good News Translation
The clan of Merari was composed of the families of Mahli and Mushi.
Literal Translation
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites. These were the families of Merari.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are ye kynreds of Merari: The Mabelites and Musites,
American Standard Version
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Bible in Basic English
From Merari come the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And of Merari came the kinred of the Mahelites, and the kinred of the Musites: These are ye kinredes of Merari.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites; these are the families of Merari.
King James Version (1611)
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To Merari belonged the family of Mooli, and the family of Musi: these are the families of Merari.
English Revised Version
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Berean Standard Bible
From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sotheli of Merary schulen be the puplis of Mooli, and of Musi,
Young's Literal Translation
Of Merari [is] the family of the Mahlite, and the family of the Mushite; these [are] the families of Merari.
Update Bible Version
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Webster's Bible Translation
Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari.
World English Bible
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites. These are the families of Merari.
New King James Version
From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.
New Living Translation
The descendants of Merari were composed of the clans descended from Mahli and Mushi.
New Life Bible
Of Merari were the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites. These were the families of Merari.
New Revised Standard
To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To Merari, belonged the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites, - these, are they - the families of Merari.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and Musites, reckoned up by their names:
Revised Standard Version
Of Merar'i were the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merar'i.
THE MESSAGE
Merari was ancestor to the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites, known as the Merarite clans. The males who were one month and older numbered 6,200. They were led by Zuriel son of Abihail and camped on the north side of The Dwelling. The Merarites were in charge of the frames of The Dwelling, its crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—everything having to do with these things, as well as the posts of the surrounding Courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and cords.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari.

Contextual Overview

14The Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: 15“Register the Levites by their ancestral families and their clans. You are to register every male one month old or more.” 16So Moses registered them in obedience to the Lord as he had been commanded: 17These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18These were the names of Gershon’s sons by their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19Kohath’s sons by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral families. 21The Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan came from Gershon; these were the Gershonite clans. 22Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 7,500. 23The Gershonite clans camped behind the tabernacle on the west side,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 3:20, 1 Chronicles 6:19, 1 Chronicles 23:21

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:29 - General 1 Chronicles 6:29 - Mahli 1 Chronicles 6:47 - Mushi

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of Merari [were] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites,.... So called from his two sons Mahli and Mushi, Numbers 3:20;

these [are] the families of Merari; the youngest son of Levi, Numbers 3:17.


 
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