Exodus 6:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Sons

Genesis 46:11

Numbers 3:17

1 Chronicles 6:1

Kohath

Numbers 26:57

1 Chronicles 23:6

An hundred

General references

Bible References

Sons

Levi's sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

These are Levi's descendants by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Kohath

Those who were numbered from the descendants of Levi, listed according to their families, included: From Gershon, the family of the descendants of Gershon; from Kohath, the family of the descendants of Kohath; and from Merari, the family of the descendants of Merari.

David divided them into divisions based on Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, Levi's sons.

An hundred

Kohath's descendants included Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Now Kohath lived for 133 years.

Isaac had lived a total of 180 years

He lived for seventeen more years in Egypt, until he was 147 years old.

Some time later, Joseph died at the age of 110 years, and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt.

General references

These are the names of the Israelis who entered Egypt with Jacob, each one having come with his family:

These are Levi's descendants by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

You are also to write Aaron's name on the tribe of Levi, since there is to be one rod for every leader of their ancestral tribes.

The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by random lot from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh located in Bashan.