1 Chronicles 6:47

Easy To Read Version

Shemer was Mahli’s son. Mahli was Mushi’s son. Mushi was Merari’s son. Merari was Levi’s son.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:21

Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi. Mahli’s sons were Eleazar and Kish.

1 Chronicles 23:28

The Levites {\cf2\super [253]} had the job of helping Aaron’s descendants {\cf2\super [254]} in the service of the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [255]} The Levites also cared for the temple yard and the side rooms in the temple. They had the job of making all holy things pure. It was their job to serve in God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 6:46

Hilkiah was Amzi’s son. Amzi was Bani’s son. Bani was Shemer’s son.

1 Chronicles 6:48

Heman’s and Asaph’s brothers were from the family group of Levi. The family group of Levi were also called Levites. The Levites were chosen to do the work in the Holy Tent. [58] The Holy Tent was God’s house.

1 Chronicles 6:56

But the fields farther from town and the villages near the town of Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Exodus 6:19

Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi. All these families were from Israel’s son Levi.

Numbers 10:17

Then the Holy Tent [151] was taken down. And the men from the Gershon and the Merari families carried the Holy Tent. So the people from these families were next in line.

Numbers 3:20

The Merari family groups were: Mahli and Mushi.

Numbers 4:42

Also, the men in the families and family groups of the Merari family were counted.

Numbers 7:8

Then Moses gave four wagons and eight cows to the men in Merari’s group. They needed the wagons and cows for their work. Ithamar son of Aaron the priest was responsible for the work of all these men.

Joshua 21:27

The Gershon family was also from the family group of Levi. They got these towns:

Joshua 21:7

The people from the Merari family were given twelve towns. These twelve towns came from the areas that belonged to Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.