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17 These are the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.[a] 18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. 19 The sons of Kohath by their families were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:17 See Ex 6:16-25. By omitting mention of Aaron and his family, the editor, a priest, means to underscore the superiority of the priests, who are not to be numbered among the simple Levites.

17 These were the names of the sons of Levi:(A)

Gershon,(B) Kohath(C) and Merari.(D)

18 These were the names of the Gershonite clans:

Libni and Shimei.(E)

19 The Kohathite clans:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.(F)

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