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

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,

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

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

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,

The clans of Merari's descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

The following belonged to the rest of Merari's descendants: Within the territory of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its pasturelands, and Tabor and its pasturelands.

So the descendants of Levi appointed Joel's son Heman, his relative Berechiah's son Asaph, as well as certain relatives of Merari's sons, including Kushaiah's son Ethan,

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.

Hosah, one of Merari's sons, had these sons: Shimri their chief (though not the firstborn, his father had appointed him chief),

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.