To Merari belonged the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites. These were the families of Merari.
The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,
These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Machlite family, the Mushite family and the Korahite family. Kohath fathered Amram.
The sons of Merari, by their families, are Mahli and Mushi. These then were the families of the Levites by their ancestral households.
The chief prince of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen appointed over those whose responsibility was the care of the Sanctuary.
Their number by count of every male one month old and upward was 6,200.
Next, count the sons of Merari, according to their families and their ancestral houses,