KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Chronicles 23:20–22
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1 Chronicles 23:20
20Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
20Of the sonnes of Uzziel: Michah the first, and Iesiah the second.
1 Chronicles 23:21
21¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
21¶ The sonnes of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
1 Chronicles 23:22
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sonnes but daughters: and their ‖brethren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
- Or, kinsemen.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 23:20
Before all others in time, place, order, rank, or importance; the beginning or earliest.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Chronicles 23:22
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Brothers; near kindred; fellow Israelites; or fellow believers, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
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Open the full verse study6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Open the full verse study26The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
27¶ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
28Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
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Open the full verse study20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
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Open the full verse study30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study28Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
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Open the full verse study6This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
7So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
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