Key Verse Spotlight
Numbers 3:20 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These {are} the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.”
Numbers 3:20
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These {are} the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
Of Gershon {was} the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these {are} the families of the Gershonites.
Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, {even} those that were numbered of them {were} seven thousand and five hundred.
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