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Numbers 3:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. "
Numbers 3:17
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Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number
And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Numbers 3:1
"These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai."
Numbers 3:2
"And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar."
Numbers 3:3
"These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office."
Numbers 3:4
"And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father."
Numbers 3:5
"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 3:6
"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister"
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