Numbers 26:57 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 This is the enrollment of the Levites by their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And these were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. American Standard Version (1901) And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. Common English Bible These are the ones enrolled as Levites according to their clans: from Gershon, the Gershonite clan; from Kohath, the Kohathite clan; from Merari, the Merarite clan. Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, this is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gershon, from whom is the family of the Gershonites; Kohath, from whom is the family of the Kohathites; Merari, from whom is the family of the Merarites. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites. |
Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the ancestral houses of the Levites by their families.
The Levites, however, were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them.
Just as the Lord had commanded Moses, the Levites were not enrolled among the other Israelites.
Their inheritance shall be apportioned according to lot between the larger and the smaller.”
“Enroll the Levites by ancestral houses and by clans. You shall enroll every male from a month old and up.”
These were the sons of Levi, by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.