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Numbers 3:20–21

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And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
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  1. Exodus 6:19Rank 1 from verse 20
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    19And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.

  2. 1 Chronicles 6:19Rank 2 from verse 20
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    19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:6Rank 3 from verse 20
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    6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

  4. 1 Chronicles 23:21–23Rank 4 from verse 20
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    21¶ The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

    22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

    23The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

  5. 1 Chronicles 24:27–30Rank 5 from verse 20
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    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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Numbers 3:20

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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Numbers 3:21

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family

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A household, kindred, lineage, tribe, or group descended from a common ancestor.

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families

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Households, kindreds, lineages, tribes, or groups descended from common ancestors.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3:14¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

3:15Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

3:16And Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

3:17And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

3:19And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

3:20And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.

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3:21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

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3:22Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

3:23The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

3:24And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

3:25And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

3:26And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

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