Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Levi
Gershon
General references
Bible References
Levi
Genesis 29:34
She conceived again and bore a son and said, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” Therefore he was named Levi.
Genesis 49:5 “Simeon and Levi are brothers;
Their swords are implements of violence.
Their swords are implements of violence.
Exodus 6:16
These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi’s life was one hundred and thirty-seven years.
Numbers 3:17 These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
Numbers 26:57 These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Deuteronomy 33:8
Of Levi he said,
“Let YourThummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man,
Whom You proved at Massah,
With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
“Let Your
With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah;
1 Chronicles 2:1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
1 Chronicles 6:1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Gershon
1 Chronicles 6:16 The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
General references
Exodus 6:17 The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families.
Numbers 3:17 These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.
Joshua 21:5
The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.