Numbers - 3:20



20 The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 3:20.

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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.
The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.
And the sons of Merari by their families are Mahli and Mushi; these are the families of the Levites, by the house of their fathers.
And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites in the order of their fathers' houses.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
Filii vero Merari per familias suas, Mahali, et Muzi. Istae sunt familiae Levi per domos patrum suorum.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And the sons, of Merari, by their families,.... The third son of Levi:
Mahli and Mushi; the same as in Exodus 6:19; from whom were denominated the families of the Mahlites and Mushites, who, as the preceding families, were numbered at this time: these
are the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers; in all eight families.

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