Numbers 26:59
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.”
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“and Amram’s wife was named Jochebed. She was also a daughter of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the name of Amram's wife is Jochebed, daughter of Levi, whom <FI>one<Fi> hath born to Levi in Egypt; and she beareth to Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 26:59 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 2:1Now a man of the house of Levi married a daughter of Levi,
- Exodus 2:2and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months.
- Exodus 2:4And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
- Exodus 6:20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- Leviticus 18:12You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
- Numbers 12:1Then Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married, for he had taken a Cushite wife.
- Numbers 20:1In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
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