Kohath in the Bible

Meaning: congregation; wrinkle; bluntness

Exact Match

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.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Ancestry And GenealogyAge At Death

And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.

Verse ConceptsAge At Death

And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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.

The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

Verse ConceptsCamping During The Exodus

The leader of the tribe and family of Kohath was Uzziel's son Elizaphan.

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesThe Golden Lampstand

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationTouchCarrying Holy ThingsDeath Due To God's PresenceNot Touching

"You are not to eliminate the tribe of the families of the descendants of Kohath from the descendants of Levi.

Moses, Aaron, and the congregational leaders numbered the descendants of Kohath according to their tribes and ancestral houses

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsCounting Levites

from the tribe of the descendants of Kohath, everyone who would be serving at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to what the LORD had said, under the supervision of Moses.

Verse ConceptsCounting Levites

But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

Verse ConceptsNothingCarrying Holy Things

Then the descendants of Kohath, carrying the sanctuary, set out, since the tent was to be set up before they arrive.

Verse ConceptsMaking The TabernacleCarrying Holy ThingsThe Tabernacle

Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:

Verse ConceptsRevolts

And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.

Now Kohath had a son named Amram. Amram's wife was Levi's daughter Jochebed, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She gave birth to Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

Verse ConceptsNamed Sisters

The lottery went to the families of the descendants of Kohath. So the descendants of Aaron the priest, who were descendants of Levi, received thirteen cities by random lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsThirteen

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Verse ConceptsTen Things

And the sons of Aaron, from among the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, had them, - because, theirs, was the first lot;

And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

Verse ConceptsTen Things

And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

These are the men who served, including their descendants: From the descendants of Kohath, there was Heman the singer, who had been fathered by Joel, who had been fathered by Samuel,

The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

Verse ConceptsTen Things

And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

And other of their brethren, the sons of Kohath, had the oversight of the shewbread, to prepare against all Sabbaths.

Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadSabbath, In OtShowbread

Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Verse ConceptsSubdivisionsdivision

Descendants of Levi from the descendants of Kohath and from the descendants of Korah stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel in a very loud voice that ascended to heaven.

Verse ConceptsVoicesPraising God

Here are the names of the descendants of Levi who made themselves available to God: Amasai's son Mahath and Azariah's son Joel from the descendants of Kohath; Abdi's son Kish and Jehallelel's son Azariah from the descendants of Merari; Zimmah's son Joah and Joah's son Eden from the descendants of Gershon;

The workmen did their duties faithfully with these foremen supervising them: Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Levi who were Merari's sons, Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath, and various descendants of Levi, who were skilled musicians.

Verse ConceptsFidelityInstrumentalists

Thematic Bible



The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath’s life was one hundred and thirty-three years.

and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel;

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 were the families of the Kohathites.


The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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.


These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.


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