John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 3:35

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari, etc.] I think it should rather be rendered, “and the chief of the house”, that is, of the Merarites, “the father to the families of Merari”; the common father to them all, having the chief authority and power over them, and so in (<040324>Numbers 3:24,30); [shall be] Zuriel the son of Abihail; of whom we read nowhere else, nor is it certain of which family he was, whether of the Mahlites or Mushites: [these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward; to the left of it, between that and the camp of Dan.

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