John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 3:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, etc.] So called from Amram, the first son of Kohath, and father of Aaron and Moses; so that Moses and Aaron, and their children, are included in this family: and the family of Izeharites; of which family was Korah, (<041601>Numbers 16:1); and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; which four families had their names from Kohath’s four sons, (<040319>Numbers 3:19); these are the families of the Kohathites; which were as many as both the other sons of Levi.

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