Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty.

From the sons of Kohath, Uriel was the leader, and his brothers were one hundred twenty.

The sons of Kohath - The order of the sons of Levi according to primogeniture is, Gershom, Kohath, Merari Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16. But the Kohathites, of whom came the priestly family of the Aaronites, had precedence in all respects. To them especially was committed the attendance upon the ark and the bearing of it. Of the six Levitical families mentioned 1-Chronicles 15:5-10 one only was descended from Gershom, one from Merari, and four (Uriel, Elizaphan, Hebron, and Uzziel) from Kohath.

The sons - Of Amram or Izhar, Kohath's sons, Numbers 3:27, otherwise Elizaphan, 1-Chronicles 15:8, and Hebron, 1-Chronicles 15:9, and Uzziel, 1-Chronicles 15:10, were Kohath's children.