The Mahlite clan and the Mushite clan came from Merari; these were the Merarite clans.
Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. Mahli’s sons: Eleazar and Kish.
Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ families according to their fathers:
These were the Levite family groups: the Libnite clan, the Hebronite clan, the Mahlite clan, the Mushite clan, and the Korahite clan. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.
Merari’s sons by their clans were Mahli and Mushi. These were the Levite clans by their ancestral houses.
The chief of the Levite leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he had oversight of those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Those registered, counting every male one month old or more, numbered 6,200.
“As for the Merarites, you are to register them by their clans and their ancestral houses.