These were clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. Now Kohath begot Amram,
The sons of Merari, by their clans, were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of the Levites by their ancestral houses. Duties of the Levitical Clans.
The chief of the leaders of the Levites, however, was Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest; he was in charge of those who performed the duties of the sanctuary.