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

The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

To the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

To the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs:

And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

The sons of Merari were Mahli, and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

Also Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him the chief;)

These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.