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Numbers 3:20

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 3:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers` houses.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers` houses.
Numbers 3:20 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 3

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.
19And the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20And the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers` houses.
21Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
22Those 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.
23The families of the Gershonites shall encamp behind the tabernacle westward.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the sons, of Merari, by their families, etc.] The third son of Levi; Mahli and Mushi; the same as in (<020619>Exodus 6:19); from whom were denominated the families of the Mahlites and Mushites, who, as the preceding families, were numbered at this time: these [are] the families of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers; in all eight families.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 3:33; Exo 6:19; Ch1 6:19, Ch1 6:29, Ch1 6:44-47, Ch1 15:6, Ch1 23:21-23, Ch1 24:27-30, Ch1 25:3 Numbers 3:21”
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