Numbers 26:57

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.”

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BSBPD

“Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And these <FI>are<Fi> numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon <FI>is<Fi> the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 26:57 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 46:11The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  2. Exodus 6:16These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
  3. Exodus 6:25Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These were the heads of the Levite families by their clans.
  4. Numbers 3:1This is the account of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
  5. Numbers 3:15“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
  6. Numbers 3:17These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  7. Numbers 35:2“Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities.
  8. 1 Chronicles 6:1The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
  9. 1 Chronicles 6:16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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