Levi’s sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of the sons of Levi
according to their genealogy:
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Levi lived 137 years.

The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites
according to their genealogy.

These were Levi’s sons by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.

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

The assigned duties of Merari’s descendants involved the tabernacle’s supports, crossbars, posts, bases, all its equipment, and all the work related to these,

These were the Levites registered by their clans:
the Gershonite clan from Gershon;
the Kohathite clan from Kohath;
the Merarite clan from Merari.

Merari’s descendants received 12 cities for their clans from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

From the tribe of Zebulun, they gave to the clans of the descendants of Merari, who were the remaining Levites:

Jokneam with its pasturelands, Kartah with its pasturelands,

All 12 cities were allotted to the clans of Merari’s descendants, the remaining Levite clans.

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:

Merari’s sons: Mahli, his son Libni,
his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons:
Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi,
son of Malluch,

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

Then David divided them into divisions according to Levi’s sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi.
Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.

Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi,
and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.

Merari’s sons, by his son Jaaziah:
Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

plus Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and their sons, 20 men.